Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% 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	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 09:29
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 558 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 50.8 55% 59.9 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 61.5 54% 67 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 200815035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 129776731840358 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 192 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 51542622238 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 200815035 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 200815035 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 200815035 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31849 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27209 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27209 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22671	58.7% Above average	Read 474 Write 127 Mixed 178 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 10.6 101% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 38.8 41% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 9GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 23627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 306 (A9) Unknown 100 100 167 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 201 (AE) Unknown 100 100 159 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 270583595036 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1606 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 26276 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13780 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22248 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	48.5% Average	Read 402 Write 127 Mixed 221 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 11.2 80% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 43.9 DQ Mixed 24.8 22% 32.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 91%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 4GB 1,235 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.84% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 9.51 Mixed 12.7 17% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.69 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 37% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.84% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 64%

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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%

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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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 $179	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