Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 20:03
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 184 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 599 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.7 77% 102 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 88.6 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 648GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 428 450 461 458 442 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 441 Mixed 348 SusWrite 409 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.8 163% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 279 231% 332 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 125 126 127 127 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 102 Mixed 105 SusWrite 122 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 375GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 120 119 98 87 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	60% Above average	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 107 SusWrite 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 39: 3R 4G 12B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
39%	18%	103	278	198	60	23.8"	1920 1080	ACR046F R240HY

History: Score 9: 1R 0G 4B | Score 46: 6R 4G 4B | Score 39: 3R 4G 12B

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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	415x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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