Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '19 at 20:26
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 225 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 596 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 87.1 55% 71.9 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 78.6 55% 65.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 361 336 93 94 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 427 Mixed 358 SusWrite 219 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.2 188% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 132 111% 162 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 386 389 425 430 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 430 Mixed 372 SusWrite 400 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.1 212% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 174 138% 193 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 28GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 75 74 72 72 70 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 127 Write 164 Mixed 161 SusWrite 74.8 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 20.9 124% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 122 104% 152 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 66%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 2,797 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 459 Write 410 Mixed 353 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.2 166% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 278 229% 329 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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