Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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 SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 09:45
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 726 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 206 Parallax 207 160% 203 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 196 Splatting 132 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 551 667 662 664 663 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,137 SusWrite 614 248% 1,107 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 89.4 300% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 889 DQ Mixed 430 383% 559 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 340%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 356GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 257 279 280 279 282 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 416 Mixed 438 SusWrite 269 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44.5 166% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 92 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 45.9 50% 83 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 125%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 713GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1888 2420 1163 1167 1169 1167 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2533 Write 2,407 Mixed 1,586 SusWrite 1,496 450% 2,005 MB/s	4K Read 68 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 98.7 340% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 844 DQ Write 1,032 DQ Mixed 868 674% 915 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 372%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 272GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 263 285 287 286 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 476 Mixed 353 SusWrite 275 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.5 187% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 107 140% 253 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 853GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 78 75 76 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 173 Write 168 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 63.9 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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