Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 494 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 122% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 420GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 100 100 735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 66 146029871130 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1092221185 (F7) Unknown 100 100 34141388 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2331566 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1929 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84% Excellent	Read 482 Write 343 Mixed 342 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 15.4 109% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 40.7 95% 199 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6068554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37323265802810 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1487 (0D) Soft read error rate 45 45 10020164770122 (64) Unknown 0 0 18047 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3104 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 50 51542884377 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 51542884377 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6068554 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 -112931870081024 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6068554 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6068554 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 12 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24296 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9540 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9540 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6134	77.2% Very good	Read 486 Write 190 Mixed 203 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 22.1 143% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 10.3 35% 72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 9GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3376 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 925 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 72 49 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3688224126	103% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.4 169% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 103 99% 147 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 8GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 53621 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 11436508 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 268952787 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 53621 (F2) Unknown 100 100 46666	49.7% Average	Read 264 Write 211 Mixed 236 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 19.3 82% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 34.1 26% 34.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4630778 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -76965813944127 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1626 (0D) Soft read error rate 47 47 -70209825756934 (64) Unknown 0 0 4294965754 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3392 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 49 51542818840 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 51542818840 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4630778 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 -95683281420288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4630778 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4630778 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 13 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8278 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1534 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1534 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3718	73.3% Very good	Read 514 Write 170 Mixed 267 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 14.4 123% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 6.62 48% 113 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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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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 $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 $45	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