Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	24.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 16:30
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 318 40% 304 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 20.4 18% 20.1 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 17.2 18% 22 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST4000DM001-1FK17N 4TB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 320GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 129724296 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33393750 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (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 65 54 639369251 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27732 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 129724296 (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 29794188140618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9209236980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11010099432	9.59% Terrible	Read 62.7 Write 85.9 Mixed 62.4 16% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 7.78 4K Mixed 0.52 6% 3.16 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.59% Great: 17%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34472 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 108 (B1) Unknown 94 94 211 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28514901595	78% Very good	Read 501 Write 341 Mixed 421 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 21.9 95% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 68.9 82% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 179 5166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9497 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 34 (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	62% Good	Read 125 Write 91.3 Mixed 116 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 910GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4461 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32563 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 43 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 214749085724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 32 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 43 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 155062	54.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 86.7 Mixed 90.8 70% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 491GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84396424 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43167654 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 66 39 8732324659234 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 215775 (C2) HDA temperature 34 61 30064771106 (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 13713830596652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 75579048770 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32430374328	99.2% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 167 Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.35 103% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 461GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68264134 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 259 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 504 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30766824 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 572063774 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 34359738398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 15 68264134 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82386062648253 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4019795517 (F2) Unknown 100 253 490303951	68.9% Good	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 104 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.51 121% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 340GB free Firmware: 02.00A02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 120 111 7000 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21194 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 16 16 61699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94749 (C2) HDA temperature 113 87 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	47.7% Average	Read 86.1 Write 80 Mixed 68.9 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

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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	875x
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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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