Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	84.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 08:40
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 172 63% 111 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 636 53% 459 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4703 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 196GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 137108061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -48455821015679 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 438 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 414 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 73017983001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 137108061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 137108061 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 137108061 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33035 (EA) Unknown 0 0 44216 (F1) Unknown 0 0 44216 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27667	82.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 232 Mixed 312 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 23 127% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 50.8 91% 180 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 154GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26288 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 300 (B1) Unknown 91 91 99 (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 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 159 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54678924926	94.2% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 345 Mixed 356 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 26.8 139% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 51.7 98% 197 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 118%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 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 95 95 225116165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 136004434413031 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 298 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 73017524252 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 225116165 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 225116165 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 225116165 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33513 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35284 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35284 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15084	84.7% Excellent	Read 491 Write 254 Mixed 321 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 23.3 136% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 65.3 91% 166 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 166 6425 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 33 48884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67405 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 27 (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	58.1% Above average	Read 107 Write 95.7 Mixed 92.3 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 162 6716 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1030 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 481 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 78249 (C2) HDA temperature 127 109 23 (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 3	63.2% Good	Read 133 Write 86.7 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.13 73% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 67%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB-$20 701 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 29GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 227 Write 31.7 Mixed 31.7 84% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.46 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.13 69% 3.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 13.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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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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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