Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 20:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 479 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.6% Good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 82.2 69% 85.5 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 70.6 62% 76.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 392 444 464 465 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 458 Mixed 299 SusWrite 437 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.6 156% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 68 128% 256 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 163 164 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 171 Mixed 111 SusWrite 164 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 43%

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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