Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 674 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1611 MHz, MLim: 1792 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.4% Very good	Lighting 113 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.8 92% 71.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 0.13 27% 38.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 376GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 338 360 353 345 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 459 Mixed 300 SusWrite 352 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 41.7 162% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 227 196% 286 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 170GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 315 336 329 322 324 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 490 Write 324 Mixed 284 SusWrite 326 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 29.1 114% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 154 126% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 499GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 134 89 112 135 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 105 Write 159 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 115 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 159GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 100 100 100 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 69.5 Write 39 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 101 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 248GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 113 115 116 116 118 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	56% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 34.7 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 111 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 160 160 159 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 110 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 160 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 402% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 94%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 27GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 138 Write 103 Mixed 111 145% 118 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 4.4 295% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 36%
Lexar CF USB_3_0 Read 2GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	4.17% Terrible	Read 11.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 6.3 10% 7.57 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.17% Great: 7%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 128GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 77GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 6 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 73 Write 19.8 Mixed 17 SusWrite 6.2 29% 29 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 61% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.5% 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	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	50x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16