Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit väriä, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 15:50
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 517 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 122 108% 133 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1759 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 114 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589846 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 63 52 206159806501 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1134 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1564 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2950 (F4) Unknown 100 100 9 (F5) Unknown 100 100 22 (F6) Unknown 100 100 215888	80.7% Excellent	Read 506 Write 443 Mixed 330 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 11.6 107% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 60.3 49% 66.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 362 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137449111670 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 32 292057776172 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 167507132468 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 877 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1106 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1018 (F2) Unknown 253 253 698 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.3% Above average	Read 479 Write 246 Mixed 234 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 3.52 61% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 2.71 42% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-020.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

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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	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