Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 03:03
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (53^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 646 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST4000DM004-2CV104 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0520AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 667 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1870 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 43 (A3) Unknown 100 100 530 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42979 (A5) Unknown 100 100 84 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 184 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45265367924771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 343477 (F2) Unknown 100 100 303018 (F5) Unknown 100 100 507689	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 439 Mixed 483 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 39.8 151% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 81.8 115% 211 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 183969381 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 740 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10066488 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -24021752085817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (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 63 55 622854181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1752 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 183969381 (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 -87024627351035 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7361670801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2363828671	50.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 69.5 Mixed 45.7 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.29 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.28 314% 3.39 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 90%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 1TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32102616 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7168828 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2880 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 605749276 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26192 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 38654705692 (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 101846559492545 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14609012396 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23416002045	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 184 Mixed 171 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 320GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 165 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2029 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1687 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18860 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (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	50.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 72 Mixed 73.5 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.04 12% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 61 178477040 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 24240910 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84116934492969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 331 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 689963048 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 533 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1626 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 178477040 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 96 424 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 96 424 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 47051366728292 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11172241398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9089562509	62.1% Good	Read 129 Write 86.9 Mixed 50.7 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 74%

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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	875x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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