Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 01:44
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 686 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 86.8 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 77 71% 83.1 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 69.3 61% 75 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 378 Write 305 Mixed 313 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 26.9 100% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 96.8 97% 157 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 659GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 167 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 715 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (10) Unknown 4 196 70950501124 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 639 (C2) HDA temperature 118 115 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73% Very good	Read 123 Write 131 Mixed 122 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.33 137% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 460GB free Firmware: 3.AA Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 58.7 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 43%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 394GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1496 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3365 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 144 Mixed 139 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.38 136% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 26.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

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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	403x
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 $499Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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