Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 01:13
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 464 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30% Below average	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 28.6 Parallax 35.1 31% 33.8 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 33.3 28% 35 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 161GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12390 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2628 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 62 62 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4299266879	92.3% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 214 Mixed 353 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 31.1 159% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 90.5 118% 214 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3297 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 559 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 58 58 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8074197140	120% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 407 Mixed 412 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.2 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 128 141% 239 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 983GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1969 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	128% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 237 Mixed 129 142% 192 MB/s	4K Read 2.13 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.28 171% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 864GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9716 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1999 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1298 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1949 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 192 Mixed 184 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 2.57 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.3 186% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 116GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 111 Write 18.7 Mixed 25.3 48% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.54 79% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 109%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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