Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 10:27
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 657 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus R5 230 443 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 3015) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.59% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 2.03 2% 2.1 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 1.63 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.71 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.59% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG3100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 14 148 120 182 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 387 Write 338 Mixed 246 SusWrite 122 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.9 37% 9.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 61%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 158GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 166 159 159 155 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 115 Mixed 77 SusWrite 159 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.4 298% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 117%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 710GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 166 165 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 112 SusWrite 165 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 100%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 610GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 168 168 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 171 Mixed 126 SusWrite 167 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.5 327% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%
WD WD30NPVX-00N2PT0 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 109 110 108 107 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.4% Good	Read 123 Write 105 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 108 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%

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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