Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.3% 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	110% 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

11 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '23 at 16:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 560 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 109 Parallax 184 98% 138 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 140 Splatting 76.6 82% 103 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$68 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 403 410 444 341 303 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 455 Mixed 391 SusWrite 381 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 53.3 175% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 159 176% 298 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 118 118 117 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 118 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2600 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 202 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $68Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16