Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '16 at 23:55
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 452 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 64.2 56% 68.2 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 59.1 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsai Neutron XT SSD 240GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (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 76 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (A2) Unknown 100 100 881 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262163 (AE) Unknown 100 100 237 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 237 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 11 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 624 (F2) Unknown 100 100 640	108% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 512 Mixed 504 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 15.9 147% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 15.6 96% 220 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Toshib MQ01ABD100 1TB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 905GB free Firmware: AX0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1934 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 381 (0A) Spinup retry count 109 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7594 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339151397 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 248 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 267 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 98.1 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x

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 $254	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 $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16