Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.8% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 10:30
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 525 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.8% Average	Lighting 54.2 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 59.6 44% 59.2 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 52 Splatting 50.8 46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 124GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 224 100 224 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 44 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 249108103207 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5387 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2712 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4588	74.8% Very good	Read 459 Write 362 Mixed 418 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 4.59 112% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 23.2 36% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 86%
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5554 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1955 (B1) Unknown 100 100 289478 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 653 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 626060 (F2) Unknown 100 100 934197	77.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 305 Mixed 370 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 22.1 122% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 22 28% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 98%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 157 Mixed 146 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 99%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 135 Write 119 Mixed 97.3 146% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2x8GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%

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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 $274	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 $45	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