Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 05:39
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 690 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 114 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.9 93% 109 fps	Gravity 99.6 Splatting 98.5 88% 99 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 501 Write 108 Mixed 179 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 16.7 120% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 88.3 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 34.2 48% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: CC44 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 91.5 Mixed 110 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.47 110% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 68%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 537GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 35.3 Write 81.2 Mixed 63.6 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.17 45% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 50%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 304GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 97.6 Write 54.5 Mixed 56.3 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

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Gaming 43%

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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 $179	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) $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