Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 11:36
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 252 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 688 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 206 Parallax 181 153% 192 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 184 Splatting 131 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13113 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 222 (B1) Unknown 96 96 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 37 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13507730097	91.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 405 Mixed 417 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 22.6 136% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 19.3 56% 111 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 408GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1231 (C2) HDA temperature 117 87 26 (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	92.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 147 Mixed 137 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 KHX1600C10D3/8G Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%

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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