Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.4% 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	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 01:11
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 635 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 83% 104 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 96 Splatting 85.5 74% 91.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 272 224 316 347 348 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 318 Write 343 Mixed 293 SusWrite 280 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 29.1 117% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 68.9 76% 127 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 159%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 79 75 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 70.5 Write 101 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 75.2 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 67% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 154 142 159 152 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 80.3 Write 154 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 148 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.6 236% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 137 136 132 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 55.2 Write 125 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 134 63% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.8 256% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 253GB free Firmware: RT18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 132 133 134 135 134 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 100 Write 109 Mixed 29 SusWrite 132 67% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.7 270% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 96 100 101 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 54.5 Write 81.3 Mixed 26 SusWrite 97.2 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.5 241% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 522GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 87 82 87 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 52.2 Write 89.3 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 86.8 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 198% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 16.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 201 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	148x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x

RAM
DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GBUnknownBench 72%, 26 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 4,251 samples	9x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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