Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	102% 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	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 16:37
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 698 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% 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 (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 208 Parallax 181 152% 192 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 182 Splatting 126 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% 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 as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13135 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 226 (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 64 37 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13546795728	102% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 408 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22 148% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 90.4 128% 238 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5422 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 31 (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	78.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 135 Mixed 140 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 108 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.09 19% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 108%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 220GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 59.3 Write 64.1 Mixed 61.4 80% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.08 21% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 63%

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% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 19.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 58%

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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	876x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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