Asus Z87-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z87-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 10:56
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 687 76% 597 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 87 Parallax 76 65% 81 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 69.9 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 246 253 220 130 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 374 Write 363 Mixed 304 SusWrite 211 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 47.3 159% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 158 136% 201 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 118%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 279GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 120 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 122 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 69%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 954GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 109 111 113 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 110 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 37GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 38 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 8.2 Write 14.7 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 39.5 29% 19 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 37% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 19%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 97 99 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 93.1 Write 76.6 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 98.4 112% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C11 3x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 19.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 51%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Z87-DELUXE - $270

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	282x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	43x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	42x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	24x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	14x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	17x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	16x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $602

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16