Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	15.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 03:21
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 683 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.4% Average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 59.9 Parallax 52.9 42% 54.9 fps	MRender 56.1 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 49.7 43% 52.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9009 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 288 (B1) Unknown 92 92 37 (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 76 57 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22830174763	41.5% Average	Read 478 Write 258 Mixed 274 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 3.09 23% 6.22 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 123%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7625892 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 2508260922580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 54 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 41 34362425369 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 34362425369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7625892 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7625892 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7625892 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26576 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20192 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20192 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21637	15.6% Very poor	Read 114 Write 94.1 Mixed 107 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 6.18 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 3.68 18% 5.62 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 41GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202582080 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 169217957 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 8 8 184403 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 25769803802 (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 90623809955721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24359401113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5008598144478	94.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 157 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

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Typical Z97-K Builds (Compare 3,063 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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