Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	152% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-DELUXE/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150224
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 747 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 84EA) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 8.23 Parallax 9.78 7% 9.03 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 11.7 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 782 Write 645 Mixed 716 159% 714 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 49.5 203% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 567 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 185 205% 353 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 243%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 201GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2977 (AB) Unknown 100 100 82852688 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 21 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 184 (F2) Unknown 100 100 422 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6456192	98.6% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 413 Mixed 432 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 26.2 137% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 76 125% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 101%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 132GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2977 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81247056 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 20 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 485 (F2) Unknown 100 100 310 (F9) Unknown 100 100 23147722	99.5% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 415 Mixed 438 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 27.4 139% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 75.6 125% 240 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 32GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 28GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 23.6 Write 13.6 Mixed 18.4 22% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.76 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.73 74% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 28 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 28.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%

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Gaming 82%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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