Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 14:35
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 645 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 132GB free Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (64) Unknown 100 100 52768 (65) Unknown 100 100 15104 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 15 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 176095690789 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 97 (EA) Unknown 100 100 88 (F1) Unknown 100 100 93 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	29.9% Poor	Read 2.06 Write 199 Mixed 4.63 16% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 10.2 41% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 78.3 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 10.3 38% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8597832022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -16458314669151 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1875 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 300 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 41 85902032933 (C2) HDA temperature 37 41 85902032933 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8597832022 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8597832022 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8597832022 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12075 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6076 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6076 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6304 (F4) Unknown 98 98 196739157	55% Above average	Read 438 Write 116 Mixed 161 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 7.06 98% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 21 30% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 73%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 463GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185846952 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10038335 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 58 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25326 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 77309411364 (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 13743895348792 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6290437289 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105521854075	89.8% Excellent	Read 165 Write 148 Mixed 149 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 2TB 3,366 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 265GB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216110760 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 525712 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1708 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4018 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 81604378659 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 99.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-065.A00LF 1x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10.1 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 34%

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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	875x
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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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