Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	84.8% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 424 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 30.3 26% 29.8 fps	MRender 42.2 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 33.8 31% 39.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11119 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2152 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6050125707	83.8% Excellent	Read 497 Write 349 Mixed 243 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 18.3 127% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 57.6 64% 111 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11130 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2171 (B1) Unknown 91 91 102 (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 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 27 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19351295641	84.8% Excellent	Read 495 Write 351 Mixed 254 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 23.1 134% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 22.7 DQ Mixed 53.1 51% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 254GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 32 (03) Spinup time 175 168 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5655 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5527 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 16	66.8% Good	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 10 58% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 65%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 49GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 187 185 5608 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5251 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3846 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 31 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 31 (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 200 200 461 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	21.6% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 39 Mixed 36.3 28% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 35%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 411GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 26.2 Mixed 24.8 34% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 235GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 27.1 Mixed 22.1 34% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%

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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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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