Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	110% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 17:55
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 272 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 613 71% 554 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2841 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 182 154% 125 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 186 Splatting 131 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2KI256G8 256GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF001D SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 258 253 262 261 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 331 Mixed 413 SusWrite 256 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.1 197% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 250 209% 301 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 6TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 172 166 167 169 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 163 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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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 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	418x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 i5-12600K $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