Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	145% 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/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 23:19
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 249 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 750 79% 633 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 159 Parallax 165 137% 164 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 145 Splatting 110 115% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 525 304 183 158 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 802 Write 828 Mixed 724 SusWrite 351 152% 677 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 56.2 214% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 487 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 518 407% 556 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 142%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 128GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 157 287 193 172 313 MB/s Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.6% Very good	Read 172 Write 86.2 Mixed 183 SusWrite 240 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 35.1 131% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 170 149% 216 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 123GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 51 50 51 72 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 466 Write 367 Mixed 324 SusWrite 72.8 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 30.7 137% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 168 155% 234 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 183GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 430 420 426 434 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 448 Mixed 431 SusWrite 423 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 32.8 157% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 49.7 112% 230 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 918GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 132 128 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 129 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 115%

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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 $400Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $848

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