Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 11:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 224 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 686 74% 586 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Lighting 57.8 Reflection 50.4 Parallax 66 47% 58.1 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 47.7 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 280 200 208 184 193 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 452 Mixed 382 SusWrite 255 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 57 206% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 185 184 183 186 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 446 Write 186 Mixed 220 SusWrite 184 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 42.7 158% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 170 148% 224 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 161 163 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 163 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 164 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 97%
Garmin GARMIN Flash 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 2a99 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.48% Terrible	Read 1.8 Write 3.2 Mixed 3 SusWrite 2.4 4% 2.6 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.6 120% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.48% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-DELUXE - $650

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	404x
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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,328

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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