Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.4% 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	85.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '23 at 11:34
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 579 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 8E99) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 89.2 83% 91.9 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 65.8 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 205 234 242 242 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 368 Write 349 Mixed 305 SusWrite 216 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 47.2 154% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 212 159% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 115 119 121 122 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 113 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 66%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	72	60	60	26"	1280 720	UMC0000 UMC SHARP

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Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $245Bench 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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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16