Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	133% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 01:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 220 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 652 72% 570 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 132 Parallax 135 116% 137 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 135 Splatting 104 111% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 668GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 639 647 666 663 655 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,008 Write 687 Mixed 407 SusWrite 643 153% 686 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 26.2 128% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 76 135% 255 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 372%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 179 223 222 224 224 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 132 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 215 115% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.3 268% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 85%

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

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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