Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '23 at 18:31
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 444 50% 395 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2242 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 131 110% 136 fps	Gravity 138 Splatting 122 114% 130 fps
Poor: 86% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 106 202 151 154 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 470 Write 427 Mixed 341 SusWrite 181 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 25.2 82% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 205 176% 257 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$159 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1.5TB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 448 462 473 474 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 468 Mixed 421 SusWrite 458 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 55.1 190% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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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	149x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $86Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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