Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 22:33
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 403 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 113 89% 112 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 93.4 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 10695 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 118 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 49 219044053022 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37754356952 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1188986457 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2758898514	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 476 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 32.7 151% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 43.4 85% 165 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 84GB free Firmware: CC2J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110765943 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2487 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 160469487 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2808 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 11 11 89 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 521601054 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 33 110765943 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63904818381732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3294784002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3003027133	50.5% Above average	Read 83.2 Write 93 Mixed 85.3 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.25 56% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 65%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 75GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2813 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2815 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.7 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 63%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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