Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 21:08
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3-$104 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 408 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST6000NM0115-1YZ110 6TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 179578913 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 375 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 384059083 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -132194798402175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (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 57 50 739835947 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2421 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1661 (C2) HDA temperature 43 50 51539607595 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 179578913 (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 -84606560762662 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9880044755 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19412915618
Poor: 65% Great: 123%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 478GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42018720 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120108376 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 49 739704875 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1567 (C2) HDA temperature 43 51 47244640299 (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 62826781611742 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11379832129 (F2) Unknown 100 253 399446841406	86.6% Excellent	Read 129 Write 171 Mixed 143 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.16 150% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 369GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28592488 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49582606 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1555 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 96 96 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 52 214751644347 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 37 6288555114539 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13524 (C2) HDA temperature 43 63 51539607595 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10329396341065 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20798211221 (F2) Unknown 100 253 96114304117	88.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 150 Mixed 114 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.62 192% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 12GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 0 (03) Spinup time 170 164 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1857 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21099 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	34.8% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 54 Mixed 55.5 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 67%
WD WD30EURX 3TB-$119 1,455 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 11GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3428 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 41 (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	42.3% Average	Read 78.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 74.4 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 83%

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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	873x
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	331x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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