Asus Z97-DELUXE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 19:47
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 566 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

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. 10.18.14.4414 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 471 Write 195 Mixed 253 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 21.6 120% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 45.3 75% 147 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free Firmware: 400i Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 517 Write 150 Mixed 249 66% 305 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 22.9 153% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 60 84% 155 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 11GB free Firmware: L2010410 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 290 Mixed 366 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 32.6 161% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 119 142% 248 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 95%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3GB free Firmware: DC32 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 260 Mixed 324 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 25.6 151% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 56.9 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 91%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 876GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 140 Mixed 114 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 87%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 288GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 117 Write 137 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.26 107% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%

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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