Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 20:55
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	AZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 380 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 25789333777 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 156 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219044773922 (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	94.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 160 Mixed 148 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.18 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
WD WD10EURS-630AB1 1TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 180 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1333 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1272 (C2) HDA temperature 114 84 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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	55.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 90.6 Mixed 97.2 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 1310 9DECBNZE-TATP 1310 9DECBNZE-TATP 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.3% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 38%

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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	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	667x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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	95x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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