Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	183% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 23:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 635 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 32.9 30% 34.9 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 35.2 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 673GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 977 1008 1102 1174 1152 1126 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 1,151 Mixed 558 SusWrite 1,090 195% 859 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 47 168% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 898 DQ Write 871 DQ Mixed 843 644% 871 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 250%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 161GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 47 47 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 47.2 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 36%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 161 162 162 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 158 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 162 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$39 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 136 136 135 137 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 132 Mixed 79 SusWrite 136 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 93%
SanDisk Cruzer 2GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.5 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Read 28.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 6.5 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 71%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 201 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	148x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x

RAM
DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GBUnknownBench 72%, 26 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 4,251 samples	9x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16