Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 12:50
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 220 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 570 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 100 Parallax 90.2 77% 94.9 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 81.2 69% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$66 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 408 386 288 239 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 453 Mixed 299 SusWrite 320 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.3 166% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 298 241% 340 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 35 44 33 32 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 65 Write 66 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 38.4 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$85 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 130 130 144 143 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 13.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 134 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 72%

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

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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	403x
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 $129Bench 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: $1,327

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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