Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 05:52
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 460 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 157 Parallax 145 121% 150 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 72GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6097 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5304 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6615795917	85.6% Excellent	Read 495 Write 340 Mixed 341 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 23.6 133% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 60.1 68% 110 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 503ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 26594090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -22952305221420 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5375 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 114 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 60133015585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26594090 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26594090 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26594090 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6991 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5944 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5944 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10050	56.9% Above average	Read 417 Write 124 Mixed 173 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 11.2 105% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 10 23% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 81%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 561GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 30 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5230 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12181 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 49 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 22076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 96 96 3250 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 10968 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 39 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 49 403832856 (C2) HDA temperature 71 48 82092097565 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41558 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	63.8% Good	Read 105 Write 117 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.58 145% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 457GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 47 9145 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6759 (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 8991 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5040 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749282336 (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 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6879	74.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 138 Mixed 117 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.46 125% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-111.A00LF 4x2GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Total price: $795

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 $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) $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