Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 19:57
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 692 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 173 Parallax 161 115% 158 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 165 Splatting 116 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 35 37 38 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 65% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 279 254 256 257 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 367 Write 345 Mixed 343 SusWrite 265 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 55.9 184% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 205 154% 207 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 133%
Toshiba MK5075GSX 500GB-$127 6,562 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 440GB free Firmware: GT001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 83 83 77 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 67.3 Write 67.7 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 80.7 43% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 50%

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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	419x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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Total price: $914

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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