Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 14:10
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 533 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PwrHis(1787 2336) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 46.7 32% 40.3 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 39.5 29% 34.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM05.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1000 (AA) Unknown 100 100 169 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 44827415 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 77 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27974 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9804	58.5% Above average	Read 503 Write 34.4 Mixed 357 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 10.4 100% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 27.4 64% 130 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 234GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97413680 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8030 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17918550 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (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 73 65 454098971 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11388 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (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 -57848914505575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9413004984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13098744181	89.7% Excellent	Read 156 Write 156 Mixed 132 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.65 195% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 1x8GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 39%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	665x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16