Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% 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	131% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 22:41
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 686 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.1 83% 102 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 119 Splatting 97 86% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 518GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 464 467 472 474 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 491 Mixed 444 SusWrite 468 108% 477 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 63 212% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 765GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 423 425 430 430 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 434 Mixed 332 SusWrite 426 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 39 152% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 184 178% 282 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3000VX006-1HH166 3TB 758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 171 172 173 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 167 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 172 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 28.8 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

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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 $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 $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