Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 582 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E269) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 13.9 8% 11.6 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 9.74 8% 9.31 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (A8) Unknown 100 100 913 (AA) Unknown 100 100 204 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293822 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C2) HDA temperature 59 47 227634642985 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 873 (DA) Unknown 100 100 873 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8818 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11374 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13856 (F4) Unknown 100 100 35 (F5) Unknown 100 100 62 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1643296	96% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 406 Mixed 412 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 13.8 128% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 64.5 122% 241 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 26GB free Firmware: CC29 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 116 85 103744376 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 48 (07) Seek error rate 60 51 1112663102941 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2611 (B7) Unknown 28 28 72 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4881 (BC) Unknown 100 97 284 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 55 43 151147970605 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 426 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28055 (C2) HDA temperature 45 57 85899345965 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 239 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127792456911602 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55938542122 (F2) Unknown 100 253 121853228014	67% Good	Read 134 Write 100 Mixed 63.6 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 873GB free, PID ab26 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 82.5 Mixed 5.5 70% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 6.29 4K Mixed 0.47 235% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 802GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 81.1 Write 77.7 Mixed 2.62 61% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 5.55 4K Mixed 0.44 208% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 51%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 13GB free, PID 4000, SANDISK 32GB MEMORY CARD Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 40.4 Write 32.4 Mixed 22 38% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.42 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 1.19 106% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V01D3LF8GB52852813 1x8GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 30%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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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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