Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150127
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 03:15
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 405 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2935) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 33.4 21% 29.4 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 31.4 22% 27 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 77 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579519586 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4134 (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 99 99 10720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17951 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 176094380058 (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	90.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 154 Mixed 156 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.24 111% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 89 (03) Spinup time 124 124 42982638070 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 281 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 167504445465 (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	83% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 162 114% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 126 126 51579650658 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2081 (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 99 99 10714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2360 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 167504445465 (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	83.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 138 Mixed 127 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%
HGST Deskstar NAS 5TB-$231 660 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 133 133 38687146480 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8515 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 176094314522 (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% Very good	Read 159 Write 120 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.65 144% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35060864 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62580527 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 62 4681957399 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 10 10 180856 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 -140737488355305 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110479443741297 (F1) Unknown 100 253 116773682872953 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31785277579633	99.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 163 Mixed 144 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.39 109% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 113%
HGST Deskstar NAS 5TB-$231 660 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 860GB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 116 (03) Spinup time 132 132 42982179312 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 10979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 10979 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 180389347354 (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	69.1% Good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 104 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.54 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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 $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