Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.5% 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	43.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45.5% Average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 72 49% 71.5 Pts	4-Core 53.4 8-Core 63.8 8% 58.6 Pts	64-Core 63 4% 63 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.5% Poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 38.7 Parallax 52.2 17% 37.1 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 62 Splatting 54.1 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 873 (A5) Unknown 100 100 937654 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 240 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 30 180389150750 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 800 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 536 (F1) Unknown 100 100 35168909631 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11411408573	43.4% Average	Read 445 Write 233 Mixed 297 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 4.49 37% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 5.72 DQ Mixed 3.59 6% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 353GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12897026230 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11188 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684904484 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 114 Write 131 Mixed 152 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 24GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 7.2 17% 5.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 60%

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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%

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