Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	33.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 19:40
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 656 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.8 90% 107 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 98 Splatting 101 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF300000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1307 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (A5) Unknown 100 100 741 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 352 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 43 184683593760 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2246288605707 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1919 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5653 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2315 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2306 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	33.9% Below average	Read 469 Write 70.7 Mixed 164 50% 235 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 8.91 4K Mixed 2.25 29% 8.48 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 18.5 DQ Mixed 2.59 17% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 55%
WD WDS240G2G0A-00JH30 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 823GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 64 (03) Spinup time 190 180 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1772 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2379 (C2) HDA temperature 116 84 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 65531 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 94.9 Mixed 96.1 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 58%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 669GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464877 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1207 (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 2727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1207 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219044577311 (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	91.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 152 Mixed 168 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 1310 9DECBNZE-TATP 1310 9DECBNZE-TATP 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 12.1 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38% 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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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