Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	107% 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	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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '21 at 02:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 695 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 120 Parallax 153 111% 136 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 132 Splatting 113 113% 143 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 413 414 407 411 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 471 Mixed 328 SusWrite 417 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 42.4 158% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 340 254% 335 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
OCZ AGILITY3 180GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 84GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 93 94 94 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 128 Write 104 Mixed 110 SusWrite 92.9 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 19.3 67% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 87.5 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 46.6 39% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 775GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 119 120 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 121 Write 118 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 119 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 26.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

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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	147x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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