Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.06% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 13:04
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 584 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 048B) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.06% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 9 6% 8.42 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 8.48 6% 7.51 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.06% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 119GB free Firmware: D100309a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 14919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1730 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 171800854563 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 60143960084 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11905944718676	26.7% Poor	Read 221 Write 164 Mixed 126 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 7.92 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 4.99 25% 8.22 MB/s	DQ Read 9.48 DQ Write 14 DQ Mixed 5.03 6% 9.52 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 30%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 17008 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1686 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 149 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 52 206159413282 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 41745246260 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1321949767 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2238997735	91.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 461 Mixed 449 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 23.8 122% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 33.9 64% 118 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 211 183 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 55130 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 30 (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	42.2% Average	Read 79.4 Write 67.6 Mixed 78.7 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 83%
WD Elements 1042 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 765GB free Firmware: 1019 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 1800 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13692 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 392 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 77961 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.2% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 101 Mixed 92.7 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.23 54% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 196 49465 (03) Spinup time 155 137 1233 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2714 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 1 8943 (BC) Unknown 98 1 1464617082276 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 880 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 458214 (C2) HDA temperature 117 88 26 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 194 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.7% Average	Read 95.3 Write 78 Mixed 55.4 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.36 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 1315 BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%

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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	880x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	667x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	335x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	169x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16