Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.1% 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	84.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '16 at 13:56
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 561 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.1% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 38.3 31% 39.5 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35.4 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1849 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 121 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2004357593	84.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 403 Mixed 408 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 23.7 124% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 23.4 30% 51 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 124%
JMicron Generic DISK01 2TB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 110 Write 120 Mixed 107 146% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 63% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 71%
JMicron Generic DISK00 3TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 142 Write 175 Mixed 158 210% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.27 55% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 71%
JMicron Generic DISK03 3TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 139 Write 150 Mixed 144 188% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.22 52% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%
JMicron Generic DISK02 2TB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 694GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 88.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 79.7 115% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.18 39% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.2 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 87%

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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%

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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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	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) $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