Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% 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	138% 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	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 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 259 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 655 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 259 Parallax 276 174% 249 fps	MRender 272 Gravity 232 Splatting 151 172% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 452 428 394 397 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 483 Mixed 379 SusWrite 399 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 71.4 248% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 263 224% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 954GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 143 141 142 137 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 143 Mixed 102 SusWrite 138 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 17GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 122 124 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 83.2 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 122 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 415GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 123 125 126 124 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 99.9 Write 98 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 125 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 197GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 71 73 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 80.2 Write 77.3 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 72.4 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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