Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.7% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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 i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 451 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 95.2 59% 76.3 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 77.3 56% 66.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,068 Write 5,721 Mixed 5,904 1,387% 6,231 MB/s	4K Read 708 4K Write 314 4K Mixed 390 1,738% 471 MB/s	DQ Read 1,864 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 1,368 1,028% 1,398 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 137 136 134 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 177 Write 151 Mixed 86 SusWrite 134 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 187GB free Firmware: MX6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 149 142 143 146 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 152 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 147 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDN726050ALE6100 5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGN SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 176 180 180 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 178 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	415x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $914

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 $177	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