Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.4% 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	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 01:31
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 660 72% 568 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 60.7 53% 64.1 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 52.7 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17754512 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -124279173663384 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 44 68722360352 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 68722360352 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17754512 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17754512 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17754512 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26063 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7107 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7107 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11560	50.5% Above average	Read 491 Write 185 Mixed 239 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 7.54 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 3.64 59% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 4.89 23% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 866GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 131 131 17198874914 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 812 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5027 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5027 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 197569478692 (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 200 200 0	94.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 151 Mixed 169 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 16GB 2,979 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 15GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 36 Write 9 Mixed 11.2 19% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.25 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 1.28 139% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 26.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $300	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