Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Run History

13 days ago, 13 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '24 at 07:32
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 598 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.43 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 5.2 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 477 459 469 475 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 487 Mixed 382 SusWrite 471 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 45.9 156% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 165 168 165 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 160 Mixed 91.6 SusWrite 166 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 85GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 85 82 86 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 50.1 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 84.9 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 156% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 191GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 54 54 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 81.8 Write 53 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 54 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 129% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 76%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 197GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 78 79 79 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 76.1 Write 72.7 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 78.8 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	29.8"	1280 720	DEL4081 DELL U3014

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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	407x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	65x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	62x

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	40x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: $1,337

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16