Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	156% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 23:32
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 686 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 60.2 51% 63.3 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 53.8 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 612 355 308 309 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 584 Mixed 580 SusWrite 420 127% 567 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 62 231% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 877 616% 775 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 62GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 302 309 303 297 292 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 427 Mixed 336 SusWrite 301 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.4 155% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 46GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 328 348 341 346 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 379 Mixed 313 SusWrite 336 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 33.7 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 118 149% 265 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 85%

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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	404x
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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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