Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	328% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '23 at 03:05
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 107 2-Core 194 79% 133 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 557 57% 460 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3053 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (163 fps cap detected)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 162 Parallax 164 132% 162 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 163 Splatting 131 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1374 1476 1543 1589 1649 1588 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 1,745 Mixed 1,853 SusWrite 1,536 404% 1,794 MB/s	4K Read 117 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 115 383% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 720 548% 743 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 559%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 646 600 574 572 554 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,257 Write 914 Mixed 580 SusWrite 617 188% 842 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 44.8 160% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 940 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 380 346% 547 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 243%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 94 100 102 98 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 102 104 100 102 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 68.2 Write 98.5 Mixed 63 SusWrite 103 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 25.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

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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	71	59	165	23.8"	1280 720	DELA0E7 Dell S2417DG

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	417x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	50x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $914

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16