Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	48.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 187 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 369 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 73.9 53% 65.9 fps	MRender 55.2 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 75.2 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 208GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -62448824467232 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 40 25772425246 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7556 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7556 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8277 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1417	80.6% Excellent	Read 488 Write 272 Mixed 278 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 19.4 119% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 61.1 89% 168 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 91%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13082470396557 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 32 44 25772687392 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 45551 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45551 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11909 (F9) Unknown 100 100 20091	48.8% Average	Read 467 Write 125 Mixed 192 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 13.2 67% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 27.4 30% 52 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 99.6 Write 18.1 Mixed 26.4 46% 48 MB/s	4K Read 5.07 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 1.3 115% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

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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	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16