Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.7% 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	89.6% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 23:17
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 210 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 593 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 40.5 39% 44.6 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.3 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7142 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1030 (B1) Unknown 96 96 78 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33045563909	89.6% Excellent	Read 498 Write 408 Mixed 419 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 22.8 130% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 25.1 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 124%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 96.2 Mixed 74.7 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 4.62 4K Mixed 0.51 186% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 16928362 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 2867799 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -138577119805108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 521535517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 756 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 64 16928362 (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 75217762254990 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3114461200 (F2) Unknown 100 253 230855429	80.6% Excellent	Read 165 Write 114 Mixed 67 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 2.99 4K Write 5.72 4K Mixed 0.58 296% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 90%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 732GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 23435 (03) Spinup time 178 165 8100 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 654726 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 63790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 709785 (C2) HDA temperature 121 88 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 83 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 196 191 669 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 191 92 955	33.7% Below average	Read 73.4 Write 43.5 Mixed 54.2 43% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.39 113% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 61%

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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	876x
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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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