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 (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 15:19
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 442 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 141GB free Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 749 Write 655 Mixed 706 157% 703 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.9 166% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 183 190% 311 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 207%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6290 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2007 (B1) Unknown 86 86 160 (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 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 434 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42710113974	85.8% Excellent	Read 489 Write 274 Mixed 358 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 23.3 123% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 84.6 121% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4384 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1405 (B1) Unknown 97 97 45 (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 63 42 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19017905035	112% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 399 Mixed 419 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 48.1 174% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 112 141% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 9GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2697 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2039 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81935184 (AE) Unknown 100 100 372 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 94 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7853 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6471 (F9) Unknown 100 100 328997611	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 484 Mixed 487 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 22.7 125% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 52.2 118% 242 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.4% 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	873x
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	331x
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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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