Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	5.44% 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	99.4% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '15 at 23:11
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 119 2-Core 239 81% 179 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 530 62% 479 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 58% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 1733) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5306 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 6.88 Parallax 7.88 6% 7.16 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 7%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4170 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 100 100 275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 68 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13134 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 37691 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 64124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49168 (F5) Unknown 100 100 105072	99.4% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 349 Mixed 396 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 36.6 148% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 69.2 112% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 957GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142659984 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34608938394 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 163865296933 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24737 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 73014444069 (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 111329847288733 (F1) Unknown 100 253 87649478462 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30387470946	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 181 Mixed 176 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 57GB free Firmware: 1.75 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 26.3 Write 45 Mixed 44.1 29% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 25%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 44GB free Firmware: 0155 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 28.6 Mixed 37.5 26% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 68%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	877x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	664x
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	168x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)