Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	80% 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	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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 22:19
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 613 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.6 86% 104 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 530GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 287 275 251 242 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 313 Write 316 Mixed 295 SusWrite 260 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 42.7 137% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 201 148% 195 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 689GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 73 73 72 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 52.7 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 72.6 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 61%
Maxtor 6V200E0 204GB 1,578 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 87GB free Firmware: VA111900 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 37 37 36 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 46.3 Write 46.2 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 36.4 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.3 125% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 37%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 382GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 69 67 69 69 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 71.4 Write 68.1 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 67.7 47% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB-$134 2,758 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 202GB free Firmware: SD13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 78 79 78 79 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 84.9 Write 20.8 Mixed 50 SusWrite 77.9 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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