Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 11:44
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 120 2-Core 217 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 540 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 184 Parallax 182 143% 181 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 171 Splatting 120 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 339 344 348 322 200 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 455 Mixed 398 SusWrite 311 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.1 178% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 342 368 373 377 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 446 Mixed 419 SusWrite 345 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 50.8 181% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 253 219% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 177 172 178 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 143 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 176 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 206 196 207 209 205 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 862GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 41 40 40 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 40.1 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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