Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.3% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '17 at 22:54
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 587 56% 463 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2032 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 42.8 94% 58.2 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 112 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 221GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 788 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 228 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262159 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1227	82.3% Excellent	Read 510 Write 352 Mixed 356 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 10.3 100% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 46.4 98% 200 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 97%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 75GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 221 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114149 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 83 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4079	81.9% Excellent	Read 508 Write 350 Mixed 355 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 10.4 100% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 48.3 97% 198 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23868 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 877 (B1) Unknown 74 74 310 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 605 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79533064937	94.3% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 345 Mixed 346 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 26.1 137% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 84.3 119% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72528520 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1620 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 126313556 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1547 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1931875465 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17996 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (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 200 200 0	93.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 144 Mixed 133 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 445 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2566 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 30 (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	73.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 120 Mixed 106 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 0815 IMT451U6MFR8C-RA0 0815 IMT451U6MFR8C-RA0 0815 IMT451U6MFR8C-RA0 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.8% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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