Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 12:10
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 637 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 305GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6461 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1161 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1040 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 40 257699282979 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6431596290 (F7) Unknown 100 100 201414479 (F8) Unknown 100 100 32350403	62.1% Good	Read 366 Write 290 Mixed 272 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 18.3 82% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 34.7 47% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 105%
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 752 Write 659 Mixed 730 159% 713 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 36 116% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 61.5 DQ Mixed 125 110% 174 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 195%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11048 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1919 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65464 (C2) HDA temperature 121 97 29 (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	69.7% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 118 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.27 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15361 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (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	69.9% Good	Read 137 Write 106 Mixed 108 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 182 5600 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1919 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42575 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 30 (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	67.5% Good	Read 122 Write 113 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $40	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