Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.1% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 20:32
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 668 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 124 Parallax 104 96% 116 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 219 145 25 55 52 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 427 Mixed 425 SusWrite 126 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 33.9 172% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 48.5 102% 204 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 60GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 350 319 319 319 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 455 SusWrite 321 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 73.5 253% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 784GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 112 111 116 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 114 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 23.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

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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%

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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $914

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16