Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 04:31
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	70% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 338 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Lighting 63.1 Reflection 56.3 Parallax 73.7 51% 64.4 fps	MRender 56.3 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 73 50% 59.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 889 (B1) Unknown 97 97 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 95 95 4296 (EB) Unknown 99 99 130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15976253171	81.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 339 Mixed 345 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 21.4 130% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 21.3 28% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 173GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132533261 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33046932 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 655294498 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50361 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 48 132533261 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121362890881202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2603247941 (F2) Unknown 100 253 772619900 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	44% Average	Read 79.3 Write 74.2 Mixed 71.4 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.42 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 58%
Fujitsu MHW2160BJ G2 160GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 102GB free Firmware: 0085001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 82808 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 27131904 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2713 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 20169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3148 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 285 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244813660197 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 66 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 421527552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 17570 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 1533237199030 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 144510 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	28.6% Poor	Read 50 Write 49.2 Mixed 49.2 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 32%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 39GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227924216 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2946 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 163621991147 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2445 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 49 49 51 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 4900126753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 140124 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67151813653180 (F1) Unknown 100 253 97552578620082 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -89401203784007	92.2% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 144 Mixed 118 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.36 112% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 112%
WD 3200BEV External 320GB 678 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 41GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 35.8 Mixed 34.2 45% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	663x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	498x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	167x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	148x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	133x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	44x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16