Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '22 at 00:40
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 234 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 634 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 122 Parallax 127 111% 128 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 105 Splatting 90.2 90% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c89 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 145 69 64 86 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 398 Write 196 Mixed 220 SusWrite 85.3 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 31.8 119% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 116 96% 139 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 103%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 147GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 1394 1365 1368 1314 1270 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,891 SusWrite 1,212 441% 1,967 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 89.9 292% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1018 DQ Write 731 DQ Mixed 927 678% 892 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 410%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 120GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 467 470 469 469 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 469 Mixed 413 SusWrite 469 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 56.3 182% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 286 232% 328 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
INTEL SS DSC2CT240A4 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 14GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 87 82 85 90 91 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	127% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 152 Mixed 197 SusWrite 89.4 205% 153 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 17.9 1,538% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 37.6 DQ Mixed 17.9 1,939% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%
CT500MX5 00SSD1 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 395GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 89 85 87 91 93 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 253 Write 247 Mixed 247 SusWrite 91.2 277% 209 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 22.5 1,710% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 36.7 DQ Mixed 26.7 2,236% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 173%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $914

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