Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	43.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 06:10
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 624 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1339 MHz, MLim: 2201 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.6% Average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 67.8 40% 62.6 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 54 Splatting 58.8 50% 61.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0624AA 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 100 100 603 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1201 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 508 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17854 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 16 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45256794505250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation 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 162378 (F2) Unknown 100 100 250286 (F5) Unknown 100 100 210900	67.6% Good	Read 489 Write 248 Mixed 270 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 14.8 98% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 27.8 43% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177106200 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5842594 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 504430622 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9287 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (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 121027883434513 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10225576504 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31743648092	82.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 135 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 456GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159815960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7448 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40027610 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3508 (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 60 47732359197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68988 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (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 95683281424266 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23623840606 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37942179750	95.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 158 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA TransMemory-Mx 16GB 487 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 124 Write 6.73 Mixed 11.7 37% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.009 57% 5.12 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

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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	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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16