Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	287% 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 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 14:04
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 136 2-Core 261 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 698 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 81 Parallax 72.6 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 64.2 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,102 Write 1,639 Mixed 1,887 418% 1,876 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 71.8 255% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 614 DQ Write 473 DQ Mixed 264 273% 450 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9647 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1617 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 68 40 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 166 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4500756088
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9757 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1642 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 66 44 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 245 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5836844945
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9757 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1642 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 248 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5471433028
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579322974 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2732 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2732 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 240519413800 (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	64% Good	Read 105 Write 118 Mixed 128 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.24 108% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 92%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10019 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2984 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9482 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 36 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63% Good	Read 117 Write 103 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD16GX3M2A2400C10 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0215 CMD16GX3M2A2400C10 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.8 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 29.8 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 80%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-DELUXE - $650

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	413x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	65x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369