Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% 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% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 21:07
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 651 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1035 MHz, MLim: 1328 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 81.3 53% 69 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 78.7 54% 64.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN263 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 770 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 342 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1572864 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 185 185 983571103782 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 66 66 171799937058 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	77% Very good	Read 482 Write 182 Mixed 217 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 23.2 125% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 21.7 71% 156 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 98%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 12GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^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 100 100 357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274511392 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12010727193 (F7) Unknown 100 100 375542276 (F8) Unknown 100 100 187055204	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 466 Mixed 454 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 32.1 145% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 14.3 68% 147 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 237GB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 14.1 Mixed 12.8 22% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.29 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	873x
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	331x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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