Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	44.5% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 11:16
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 71.4 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 50.3 38% 53.6 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 374 36% 300 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.5% Average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 82.7 40% 56.8 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 76.1 53% 62.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 1335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1230 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 840 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 100853 (A5) Unknown 100 100 146 (A6) Unknown 100 100 44 (A7) Unknown 100 100 98 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 202 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 250721 (F2) Unknown 100 100 243852	51.7% Above average	Read 500 Write 143 Mixed 224 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 14.4 73% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 10.9 14% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 525GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 168 1616 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3456 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3395 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 142 Mixed 140 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.27 128% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 98.2 41% 98.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $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