Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 514 65% 494 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 1085 MHz, MLim: 1482 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 33.2 27% 32.2 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 41.3 30% 35.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 97GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 4817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2050 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C2) HDA temperature 78 45 236223987734 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	117% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 479 Mixed 508 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.2 167% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 222 197% 297 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 109%
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140402 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 100 100 206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2174 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 25453 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 111984 (A5) Unknown 100 100 164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 63 (A7) Unknown 100 100 110 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 98 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 203646 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 203646 (F2) Unknown 100 100 332986	82.9% Excellent	Read 525 Write 119 Mixed 225 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 33.9 151% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 62.6 84% 157 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 249GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897812676 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 804 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 804 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 180389478421 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.3% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 114 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 82GB-$33 2,259 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 29GB free Firmware: PF2OA60A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 103 103 12897484993 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5749 (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 99 99 9990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3569 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5963 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5963 (C2) HDA temperature 239 239 231929020439 (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 200 253 25	24.6% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 47.2 Mixed 53.8 35% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 46.8 86% 46.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

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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	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 $131	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