Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	88.5% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 07:28
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 515 70% 518 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 146 87% 115 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 125 88% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 107GB free Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^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 1545 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1432 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 98 (A3) Unknown 100 100 54 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7894 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11979 (F2) Unknown 100 100 46951 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15788	62% Good	Read 495 Write 166 Mixed 219 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 13.5 97% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 13.7 35% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8706 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4380 (B1) Unknown 95 95 56 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19151278293	88.5% Excellent	Read 498 Write 349 Mixed 338 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 21.5 142% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 21.2 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 783GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242413027 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 51 313575995544 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5473 (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 71 53 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 21 242413027 (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 -33844342266450 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3976683958 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3617645303	68.6% Good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 108 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.48 121% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X4GBA1600C9V4 2x4GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

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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	874x
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 $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) $35	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