Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	90.2% 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	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	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 06:24
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 748 80% 639 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 215 Parallax 209 159% 206 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 182 Splatting 126 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
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 below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6197 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1342 (B1) Unknown 99 99 56 (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 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20156070251	90.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 487 Mixed 502 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19.4 128% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 19.1 28% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 124%
ST120HM000-1G514 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 46GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6790 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2681 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 47248310302 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 35452 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4860 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9675 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 20488	58.7% Above average	Read 317 Write 250 Mixed 269 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 12.3 78% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 13.7 58% 128 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 84%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 38GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1625 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1219 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458778 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C2) HDA temperature 69 60 171799609375 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1848 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1662 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4558 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 26 (F6) Unknown 100 100 529344	83.1% Excellent	Read 511 Write 495 Mixed 508 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12 106% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 14.4 22% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 111%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 25GB free Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6853 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2266 (B1) Unknown 97 97 97 (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 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 332 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10569381894	25.7% Poor	Read 162 Write 73.5 Mixed 110 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 6.64 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 7.03 44% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 7.18 16% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4954 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3079 (B1) Unknown 95 95 55 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 953 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11759283562	48.5% Average	Read 362 Write 120 Mixed 130 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 9.13 75% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 14.9 40% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 397GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4635 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (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	86% Excellent	Read 151 Write 149 Mixed 131 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% 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	407x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	65x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	62x

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	40x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $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