Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.2% 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)
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	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 78 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 636 61% 505 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.2% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 47.1 36% 55.2 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 58.4 45% 55.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,778 Write 3,487 Mixed 4,142 920% 4,136 MB/s	4K Read 536 4K Write 256 4K Mixed 338 1,381% 376 MB/s	DQ Read 1,112 DQ Write 831 DQ Mixed 840 664% 928 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 90 94 89 100 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 242 Write 152 Mixed 192 SusWrite 93.6 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 42.1 150% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 102 84% 119 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 70 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 96 Write 116 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 71.2 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 87%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 44GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 167 162 169 178 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 237 Write 173 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 170 199% 158 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 8 688% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 10.5 829% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 82%

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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $914

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