Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 13:32
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	BRN-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 641 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 73.6 63% 77.1 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 65.5 58% 72 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15743 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 89 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33823975630	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 400 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 49.3 177% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 117 135% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 10551316 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 151 151 34381627818 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12585 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 210454970408 (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	80.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 125 Mixed 93.3 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 85%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 77 (03) Spinup time 145 145 38678823402 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 26 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8771 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8771 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 214750003241 (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 170 Write 156 Mixed 132 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 91%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 371GB free Firmware: MJ6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 153 153 38675743214 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1609 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201865101350 (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	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 117 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 213GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 3 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 161 161 34378482090 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 25 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8892 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8892 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 219044970536 (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	56.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.3 Mixed 103 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.45 119% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 86%

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 68%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	55x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
RTX 2060-12GBNvidiaBench 96%, 12,228 samples	10x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	9x

SSD
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x
Force LE 240GBCorsair $85Bench 81%, 14,954 samples	6x

RAM
99U5403-159.A01LF KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 26 samples	8x
KHX1866C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX 32GBKingstonBench 68%, 6 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16