Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 04:29
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 69 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 165 61% 106 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 605 56% 470 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.2 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 17.3 11% 14.8 fps	MRender 19.8 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 15.8 14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 672GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 264 275 286 283 282 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 298 Write 304 Mixed 267 SusWrite 269 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 34.3 101% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 170 137% 195 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 126%
THU M.2 128G 128GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 7GB free Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 23 26 27 24 27 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.9% Very poor	Read 67.5 Write 52.5 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 28.3 11% 51 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 10.1 35% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 14.8 24% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 77%
Samsung 860 QVO 4TB-$250 3,023 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 3TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 90 97 113 110 108 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.5% Average	Read 250 Write 129 Mixed 126 SusWrite 103 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 21.2 73% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 122 98% 138 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 9TB 212 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 7.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 2.2 1 1.4 1.6 1.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 0.5 Write 0.7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 1.5 1% 1.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 6% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $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 $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 $40	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