Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 06:19
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 273 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 742 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 212 Parallax 212 163% 208 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 184 Splatting 132 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 557GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 234 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 46 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1524665403	105% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 412 Mixed 426 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 26.5 151% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 124 147% 257 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 189GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 574 Mixed 610 140% 630 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 31 190% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 233 194% 263 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7408 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1607 (B1) Unknown 98 98 63 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21971010988	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 502 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 22.6 146% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 21.4 102% 230 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 394GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 168 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5508 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5384 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (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	81.9% Excellent	Read 140 Write 145 Mixed 143 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.36 141% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 108%
SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 64GB-$23 2,139 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 50GB free, PID 558b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 193 Write 88.7 Mixed 107 147% 130 MB/s	4K Read 6.98 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 1.15 150% 3.55 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 64%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 158 Write 45.5 Mixed 68.9 96% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.18 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.55 126% 3.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 28.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 122%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-DELUXE - $650

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	405x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	65x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	44x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,328

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 $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