Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	237% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '21 at 15:50
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 690 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 2 Parallax 13.3 0% 5.27 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 11.1 37% 50.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1105 657 618 642 652 643 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,816 Write 1802 Mixed 1,594 SusWrite 720 333% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 71.7 257% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 757 DQ Mixed 986 717% 939 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 297%
V-gen12sm20ar2048mtm2 2TB 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: T0731A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 429 404 435 428 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 412 Mixed 388 SusWrite 429 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 31.9 147% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 51.2 96% 187 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
SiImage 120GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 74GB free Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 65 70 58 56 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.7% Below average	Read 113 Write 96.3 Mixed 127 SusWrite 61.7 22% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 24.3 79% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 108 86% 122 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 65%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 195GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 448 444 428 450 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 439 Mixed 365 SusWrite 442 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 46 163% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 36: 2R 5G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
36%	38%	47	329	259	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0D2C C24F390

History: Score 0: 0R 0G 0B | Score 36: 2R 5G 11B

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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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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