Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 11:38
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 560 75% 561 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7154451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -28183575394266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 74 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 43 60132360221 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 60132360221 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7154451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7154451 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7154451 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2042 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1961 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1961 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2247	57.2% Above average	Read 458 Write 75.4 Mixed 123 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 14.9 112% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 14.7 22% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 813GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231674600 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5262284 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471466012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16597 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (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 -107047764884832 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12432340047 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12223696073	96.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 170 Mixed 163 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.36 112% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 70%

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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	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	72x

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 $269	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 $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