Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '23 at 05:07
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 191 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 565 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8753) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 82.3 72% 86.1 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 70.2 69% 86.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 372 388 313 188 184 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 413 Mixed 372 SusWrite 280 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 44.3 144% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 349 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 124%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 51GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 134 132 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 133 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.5 325% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 113%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 95GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 134 135 134 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 108 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 135 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.4 295% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 111%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 148 148 150 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 143 Mixed 93.1 SusWrite 148 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$100 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 593GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 92 93 93 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.1 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 91.7 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$100 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 137 138 141 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 135 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%
StoreJet Transcend 3TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2.5TB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 102 105 103 105 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 111 Write 98.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 104 125% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 132%

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

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 80%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus Z97-DELUXE - $650

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	411x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	65x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	45x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $65Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16