Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.4% 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)
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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 01:06
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 219 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 413 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 30 Parallax 37.3 26% 33 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 33 30% 37.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 730GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 669 628 499 502 501 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 43GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 271 271 272 250 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 375 Mixed 415 SusWrite 267 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.1 199% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 210 190% 287 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 119GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 245 231 225 220 205 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 454 Mixed 385 SusWrite 242 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49 177% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 236 203% 297 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD 3200BEK External 320GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 297GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 40 Write 40 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 40.1 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 62%

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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 $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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