Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '20 at 19:27
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 220 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 651 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 64.2 58% 68.9 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 57 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 151 138 162 14 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 345 Write 331 Mixed 295 SusWrite 84.4 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 33.3 120% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 82.4 89% 153 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 142GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 375 465 465 464 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 462 Mixed 360 SusWrite 418 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.2 174% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 353 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 177GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 175 179 179 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 164 Mixed 123 SusWrite 174 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.6 321% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 670GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 46 47 55 46 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 85.7 Write 54.7 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 45.7 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 54%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 448GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 68 67 66 66 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 68 Write 54 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 66.5 38% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 88%

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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%

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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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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