Asus Z97-K

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.72% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '16 at 09:19
Run Duration	516 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 366 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gainward(10B0 0FC8) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.72% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 8.58 Parallax 9.12 8% 9.2 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 9.43 Splatting 13.2 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.72% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 76381698392979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 113 (B7) Unknown 100 100 493 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 45 60132491297 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 95821 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95821 (F2) Unknown 100 100 164618 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9814	77.8% Very good	Read 491 Write 252 Mixed 301 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 16 116% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 44.9 79% 157 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 91%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 459GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 136 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1521 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (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	61.8% Good	Read 104 Write 111 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 87%
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB-$104 633 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 48GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	9.54% Terrible	Read 32.9 Write 13.4 Mixed 25.3 28% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.24 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.72 48% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 9.54% Great: 83%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	4.54% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 5.26 Mixed 5.06 9% 8.89 MB/s	4K Read 4.27 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.54% Great: 58%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power32G 32GB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 17GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.37% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 5.89 Mixed 9.1 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.33 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 9% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.37% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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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	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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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 $182	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) $30	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