Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	282% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 08:55
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 706 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 200 Parallax 202 153% 196 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 190 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1421 1032 867 807 761 739 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,244 Write 1,730 Mixed 902 SusWrite 938 323% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 77.7 282% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,172 DQ Write 1004 DQ Mixed 968 758% 1,048 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 153GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 480 443 488 490 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 403 SusWrite 477 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 52.4 188% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$123 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 121 123 124 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 83 Write 96.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 121 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.5 211% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 905GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 78 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 78.8 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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