Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.9% 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	97.8% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 03:51
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 124 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 677 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.Q1.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 38.7 Parallax 33.4 24% 33.7 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 26.4 22% 26.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 333 349 381 347 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 385 Mixed 273 SusWrite 365 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 37.6 138% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 210 193% 296 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 181 185 185 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 151 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 185 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.4 416% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%
Kingston DT microDuo 3C 64GB 739 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 55GB free, PID 16ae Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 20 19 16 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 28.4 Write 18.7 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 18.7 23% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 70% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 28%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 320GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 115GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 68 68 67 67 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 74 Write 75.5 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 64.4 81% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 26%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.8 5.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 1.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.9 7% 7.37 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX31866C10F/8G 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns

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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 $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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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