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 (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 263 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 528 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1497 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 96GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 0 (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 4856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2073 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C2) HDA temperature 77 45 236223987735 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.2% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 436 Mixed 499 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 31.6 99% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 188 172% 266 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140402 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 100 100 206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2197 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 25642 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 112567 (A5) Unknown 100 100 164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 63 (A7) Unknown 100 100 110 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 98 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 204423 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 204423 (F2) Unknown 100 100 335257	67.1% Good	Read 502 Write 146 Mixed 235 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 25.7 94% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 62.6 85% 158 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 249GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897747140 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 475 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 845 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 845 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 180389478420 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.5% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 108 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 82GB-$33 2,259 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 29GB free Firmware: PF2OA60A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 104 104 12897550527 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5793 (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 99 99 10028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3592 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6007 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6007 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 231929020443 (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 200 253 25	23% Poor	Read 32.7 Write 47 Mixed 51.5 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 25.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 84%

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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	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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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