Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1804 x 994 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 22:46
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 528 58% 459 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Zotac(19DA 6222) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.64% Terrible	Lighting 2.03 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.03 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 2.17 Splatting 1.7 2% 2.02 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.64% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 476GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 19009 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2115 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 104 (AE) Unknown 100 100 732 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339479076 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 35064040396 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1111070689 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2332994547	102% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 466 Mixed 455 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 33 145% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 44.7 84% 161 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Adata SP550NS38 480GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 100 100 165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 379 (A3) Unknown 100 100 98 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16203 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71210 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26595 (F5) Unknown 100 100 64812	71.6% Very good	Read 481 Write 254 Mixed 265 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 20.5 99% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 43.6 66% 125 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 91%
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16015 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (AB) Unknown 80 80 41432144 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 97 (D2) Unknown 100 100 10526 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1093 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6833883	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 410 Mixed 444 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 35.2 145% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 82.2 117% 213 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 88GB free Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 100 100 108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2331 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 59 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16881 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4077 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18648	88.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 298 Mixed 372 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.6 143% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 60.4 75% 124 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 96%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 31GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free Firmware: PMAP Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 122 Write 47.3 Mixed 74.1 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.72 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 1.04 379% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 41%
ORIC0 8628US3-C 1TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 931GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 103 Write 108 Mixed 95.2 132% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	30% Below average	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 87%

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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	873x
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	331x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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