Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	105% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 18:23
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 394 51% 387 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

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. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 4.13 Reflection 7.38 Parallax 6.91 3% 6.14 fps	Gravity 2.5 Splatting 8.39 5% 5.45 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 23329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 538 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 52 206159478814 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22570420176 (F7) Unknown 100 100 198201609 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3773110906	105% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 349 Mixed 413 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 37.4 170% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 57 100% 195 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 4625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 136769 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 28 (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	66.3% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 116 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.29 117% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 320GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 239 226 8050 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3194 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3345 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.9% Average	Read 69.4 Write 86.8 Mixed 79.9 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 593GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 98 154969512 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29123983 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 99 90195689493 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105930 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 76592151811943 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24489895072 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23040428647	73.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 119 Mixed 109 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 96%
USB FLASH DRIVE 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 9GB free Firmware: PMAP Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 13% Great: 15%
WD My Passport 0822 2TB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 535GB free, PID 0822 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 92.6 Write 98.3 Mixed 52.8 101% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1373, 1373, 1373, 1373 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 62%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

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