Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	211% 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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 01:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 282 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 729 79% 629 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 116 90% 114 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 86.9 77% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1265 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 402 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 21 (AE) Unknown 99 99 39 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 750 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 34 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 5376 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2249 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2830	211% Outstanding	Read 1,954 Write 976 Mixed 1,245 307% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 49.4 186% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 182 189% 310 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 220%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1011 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23834 (C2) HDA temperature 122 117 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	52.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 83.4 Mixed 87.9 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 96%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 971GB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 30.3 Mixed 31.2 24% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 27.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $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