Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.4% 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	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 08:39
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 72 2-Core 125 55% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 337 45% 336 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.4% Poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 17.6 19% 22.1 fps	MRender 16.8 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 20.1 35% 45.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 113 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179693 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6160	66.5% Good	Read 508 Write 335 Mixed 347 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 9.5 82% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 43 36% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 142GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1688 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 58 21507062465 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1547 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 55 723386411 (C2) HDA temperature 43 45 77309411371 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 27 1688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3607772522867 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2126323208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 926271062	51.7% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 89.9 Mixed 88.2 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.65 118% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 88%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 121GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 211 (03) Spinup time 206 185 2675 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2208 (05) Reallocated sector count 185 185 301 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1552 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2079 (C2) HDA temperature 99 98 44 (C4) Reallocation count 182 182 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 20% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905584-015.A00LF 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 55%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	882x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	169x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16