Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 06:19
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 648 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 155 Parallax 128 109% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 127 Splatting 111 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 166GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 244 246 251 244 248 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 343 Write 332 Mixed 308 SusWrite 244 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 42 132% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 208 155% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 134%
SABRENT 1TB 901GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 601 600 600 600 596 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 137 136 139 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 138 Write 137 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 137 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 52 54 54 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 52.4 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 53.2 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 57%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 55GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 53.8 Mixed 42 SusWrite 40.4 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 51%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 562GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 51 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 55.4 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 497GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 111 95 94 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 25.9 Write 118 Mixed 32 SusWrite 101 50% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 2.2 392% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

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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 $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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Total price: $1,328

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