Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	86.5% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 19:12
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 185 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 455 49% 389 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K5200 1,717 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Nvidia(10DE 1095) ≥ 4GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30% Below average	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 38.6 Parallax 52 30% 42.3 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 27.2 31% 39.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17252 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 499 (B1) Unknown 94 94 126 (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 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49465163605	86.5% Excellent	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 25.1 131% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 92 DQ Mixed 100 67% 78 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1550 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1532 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.8% Good	Read 104 Write 111 Mixed 106 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 140 Write 105 Mixed 80.4 130% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.27 42% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 115GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 37.9 Mixed 32.1 46% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 52GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 67.4 Write 63.3 Mixed 47.7 74% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.6% 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	877x
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 $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 $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