Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.8% 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	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '15 at 12:18
Run Duration	392 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 192 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 541 54% 442 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 84A1) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.8% Poor	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 51 36% 45.3 fps	MRender 0.14 Gravity 0.03 Splatting 0.04 0% 0.07 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2730 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1088 (B1) Unknown 97 97 76 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 159 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7823448368	70.9% Very good	Read 487 Write 301 Mixed 374 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 18.9 87% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 57.9 68% 123 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 76%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 46GB free Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (64) Unknown 100 100 2963328 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 206159544356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 812 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 203 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 812 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2753 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2542 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2087 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7584	128% Outstanding	Read 1,116 Write 643 Mixed 792 188% 850 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 15.8 113% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 16.8 81% 185 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 159%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 798GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148939392 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14200753 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 34360264725 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19696 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 64424509469 (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 -112884625438790 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18052178313 (F2) Unknown 100 253 163767625480	61.6% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 98.5 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.13 59% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 96%
ASMT 2105 1TB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 79%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 8GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 122 Write 47.3 Mixed 50.8 79% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.67 70% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 39%
Generic- SD/MMC 2GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Read 7.53 Write 7.07 Mixed 6.87 9% 7.15 MB/s	4K Read 2.48 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 1.09 96% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 35%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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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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 $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