Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.8% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 21:20
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 454 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FD) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.8% Average	Lighting 50.4 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 69.3 41% 61.7 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 49.6 Splatting 54.5 46% 56.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 104GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^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 10620 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1821 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 127 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B5) Unknown 100 100 21827050738239 (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 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 114 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	64.6% Good	Read 490 Write 191 Mixed 276 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 7.24 103% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 95.7 DQ Mixed 6.44 32% 72.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 72%
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21593823 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -99823629890399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1250 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 88 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 55837327386 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21593823 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21593823 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21593823 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41292 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10268 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10268 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16065	61.2% Good	Read 300 Write 116 Mixed 162 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 15.6 125% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 44.2 60% 111 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 86GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74481464 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59155239 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65919 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (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 -47691316851718 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24337334023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 465653502516	83.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 146 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%

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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	876x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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