Asus Z97-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.9% 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)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150408
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 01:23
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 370 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85C1) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 37.2 31% 35.3 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 37 Splatting 35.7 30% 37 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6286 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2606 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43786558587
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 199 199 25783828647 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4771 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2649 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 20030 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 20030 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 171799674915 (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 200 200 0	93.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 169 Mixed 163 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.16 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 229GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 135 3025 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3240 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5898 (C2) HDA temperature 107 99 36 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 107 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C11D3L/4G 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 34%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $80Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $795

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 $177	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16