Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	156% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 11:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 700 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 117% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 303GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 100 100 626 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1975 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 59 (A3) Unknown 100 100 32 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46028 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 23 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (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 100 100 362 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 18 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 170448 (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 12067 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 458449 (F2) Unknown 100 100 439204 (F5) Unknown 100 100 736448	108% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 432 Mixed 469 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.4 159% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 75.1 112% 210 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 555 Mixed 560 137% 617 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 51.7 230% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 232 254% 430 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 236%
Plextor M6e PCIe 128GB-$93 664 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 41GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^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 12075 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1971 (B1) Unknown 100 100 218865 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 674 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 680346 (F2) Unknown 100 100 558803	111% Outstanding	Read 712 Write 324 Mixed 435 108% 490 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 39.1 155% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 92.7 141% 266 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 153GB free Firmware: GG2OAH60 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 17321 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 193273921552 (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 98 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	44% Average	Read 76.7 Write 76.7 Mixed 70.3 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% 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%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16