Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	211% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 06:25
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 624 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 3687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 39 Parallax 50.5 33% 43.4 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 36.3 36% 44.7 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 927 941 955 963 964 967 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 981 Mixed 607 SusWrite 953 185% 816 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 219 4K Mixed 57.3 255% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,180 DQ Write 934 DQ Mixed 967 748% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 230%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 182 195 197 175 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 128 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 183 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 255GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 97 100 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 99.5 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 19.7 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 85%

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

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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	149x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16