Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	103% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 13:08
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 168 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 586 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 401E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 114 Parallax 125 98% 119 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 113 Splatting 107 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 398 392 413 413 414 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 350 Write 349 Mixed 264 SusWrite 399 77% 340 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 50.1 156% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 168 174% 286 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 468GB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 235 235 241 241 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 333 Write 310 Mixed 266 SusWrite 237 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 34.3 111% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 127 105% 153 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 110%
ST12000NM0008-2H3101 12TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 10TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 228 229 233 232 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 223 Write 211 Mixed 108 SusWrite 229 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 1.8 55% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 4.7 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 2 3% 5.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 41%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 141 140 141 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 131 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 140 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 112 113 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 129 Write 135 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 112 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 540GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 106 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 109 Write 98.4 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 106 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 64%

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Gaming 43%

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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	421x
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	61x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369