Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	102% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '20 at 14:05
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 210 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 487 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 401E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 117 Parallax 136 101% 125 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 111 Splatting 103 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 535GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 336 372 382 396 394 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 441 Mixed 338 SusWrite 368 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 44.2 151% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 207 191% 296 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 117%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 652GB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 224 218 224 232 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 334 Write 300 Mixed 264 SusWrite 224 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 31.2 100% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 159 114% 148 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 110%
ST12000NM0008-2H3101 12TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 11TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 230 228 230 233 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 231 Write 204 Mixed 105 SusWrite 229 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 1.2 49% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 5 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 2 4% 7.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 41%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 141 140 141 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 130 Mixed 97 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 112 113 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 142 Write 132 Mixed 65 SusWrite 112 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 585GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 108 109 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 123 Write 95.6 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 107 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 64%

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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	418x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

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	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16