Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	161% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 16:26
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 696 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 33.7 27% 34.3 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 24 26% 32.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 787 958 940 924 912 861 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 603 Write 968 Mixed 531 SusWrite 897 170% 750 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 49.4 165% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 141 248% 509 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 230%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 25GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 411 368 316 236 207 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 414 Mixed 276 SusWrite 315 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 41.6 135% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 296 232% 323 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 119%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 183 178 185 178 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 106 107 105 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 149 Write 92.7 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 106 68% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.4 111% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 88%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 750GB free Firmware: SC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 150 150 151 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 137 Write 150 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 100%

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)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 85%

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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	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