Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	149% 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	252% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 23:49
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 608 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti Founder's Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 220 Parallax 242 164% 221 fps	MRender 244 Gravity 209 Splatting 136 154% 196 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$189 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 751GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1682 1393 1394 1402 1401 1393 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,702 Write 1,656 Mixed 1,567 SusWrite 1,444 359% 1,592 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 60.2 207% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 805 DQ Write 590 DQ Mixed 749 546% 714 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 337%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 14GB free Firmware: R1311 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 360 Mixed 216 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 33.2 130% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 144 158% 268 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 109%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 53 62 51 51 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 326 Write 373 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 67.5 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 14 72% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 17.8 65% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 86%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 364 Write 155 Mixed 190 SusWrite 130 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 38.1 136% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 150 118% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 87%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 190 179 183 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 197 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 184 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.5 187% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 4x8GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1870 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 81%

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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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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 $179	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