Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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.
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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% 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)
Boot Drive	50.9% 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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 15:16
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 227 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 585 65% 510 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 47.2 29% 38.3 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 28.1 29% 36.6 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10261087 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 15 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -15728170224811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 585 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 154 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 60 1009321246757 (C2) HDA temperature 37 60 1009321246757 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10261087 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 15 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10261087 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10261087 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21805 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9883 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9883 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8972	50.9% Above average	Read 421 Write 98.5 Mixed 135 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 9.24 88% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 8.78 24% 48 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31404448 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24129332 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 39 90799931428 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12571 (C2) HDA temperature 36 61 30064771108 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -46819438492532 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8312885168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2560011661	85.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 441GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64241575 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 89767637 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1144 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032862 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 39 597622849570 (C2) HDA temperature 34 61 4294967330 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 22 64241575 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -133143986159821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1576547265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3303709982	50.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 72.5 Mixed 99.8 70% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 94GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 91 174012371 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 798632357 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2130 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 29 159621120042 (C2) HDA temperature 42 71 47244640298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 47 87933254 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.8% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 57.3 Mixed 58 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 62%

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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	876x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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