Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 20:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 390 48% 366 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.5 83% 101 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 92.7 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 228 221 155 116 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 367 Write 349 Mixed 294 SusWrite 170 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 51.5 173% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 204 154% 208 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 106GB free Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 124 131 128 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 345 Write 145 Mixed 192 SusWrite 128 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 38 143% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 146 112% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 402GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 137 138 137 137 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 137 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 136 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 53 Write 56.2 Mixed 44.7 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 65%

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 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% 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	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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16