Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.5% 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	96% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 19:56
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 610 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 82.1 57% 71.7 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 56.2 Splatting 78.6 55% 65.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 52%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 219 233 193 209 225 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 361 Mixed 338 SusWrite 238 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.2 154% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 20.1 92% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 103%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 140GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 962 978 978 970 977 972 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 863 Write 980 Mixed 647 SusWrite 973 196% 866 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 50.5 235% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,014 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 915 694% 934 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 230%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 70GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 139 77 76 77 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 446 Mixed 398 SusWrite 142 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.1 172% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 230 194% 281 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 94GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 84 84 86 84 86 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 138 Write 98.8 Mixed 122 SusWrite 85.5 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28 126% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 92.3 75% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 73%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 95 82 98 97 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 165 Write 121 Mixed 131 SusWrite 94.3 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 31.5 142% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 115 91% 126 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 674GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 70 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 72 Write 65.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 69 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 72%

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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 $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 $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 $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) $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