Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	100% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 23:56
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 719 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 220 Parallax 209 158% 208 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 186 Splatting 138 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB 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 10362 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 815 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6990099729	100% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 406 Mixed 333 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 29.2 156% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 119 109% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 14GB free Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 665 Mixed 693 155% 694 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 40.5 229% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 287 300% 497 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 292%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115612360 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14833980 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 995 (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 65 49 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37697 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 68719476771 (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 123506079572489 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11207258833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56514686412	91.4% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 141 Mixed 115 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 113%
LSI Logical Volume 2TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free Firmware: 3000 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 113 Mixed 122 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 225GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21504131521 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1151 (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 5721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1298 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 219044511781 (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	64.8% Good	Read 150 Write 75.9 Mixed 80.6 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 99U5471-056.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.9 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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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	875x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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