Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	135% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '16 at 14:07
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 700 77% 607 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 60.7 40% 47.4 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 40.6 33% 39.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 248GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1111 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 75 63 158915035161 (F1) Unknown 100 100 49780	78.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 343 Mixed 338 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 9.73 91% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 46.5 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 103%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 465 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 76 72 120260395032 (F1) Unknown 100 100 820	79.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 343 Mixed 349 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 9.79 91% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 47.6 101% 209 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 95%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 250GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 988 Write 488 Mixed 655 157% 710 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 47.6 164% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 140 158% 274 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 265%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $274	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 $183	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