Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	171% 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	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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '22 at 19:32
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 656 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 583 477 401 405 409 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 731 Write 608 Mixed 634 SusWrite 465 137% 609 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 82.4 262% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 912 626% 772 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 302%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 111GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 86 94 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 151 Write 118 Mixed 135 SusWrite 94.3 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 33.3 143% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 104 84% 120 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 366 362 366 368 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 342 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 364 210% 291 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.6 462% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 213%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 111GB free, PID 1666, Data traveler 3.0 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 46 47 46 47 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 91.2 Write 66.8 Mixed 34 SusWrite 43.8 73% 59 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 70% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 26.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 91%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 68%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	55x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
RTX 2060-12GBNvidiaBench 96%, 12,228 samples	10x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	9x

SSD
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x
Force LE 240GBCorsair $85Bench 81%, 14,954 samples	6x

RAM
99U5403-159.A01LF KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 26 samples	8x
KHX1866C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX 32GBKingstonBench 68%, 6 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	5x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $748

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 $179	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) $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