Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.3% 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	82% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 00:41
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 602 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 0784) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.3% Average	Lighting 55.4 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 66.3 45% 57.9 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 49.8 48% 60.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 135 127 134 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 404 Write 145 Mixed 199 SusWrite 133 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 39.3 168% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 150 114% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 284GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 59 64 65 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 49.5 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 63.8 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 42%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 176GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 82 74 72 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 68.5 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 76.4 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 69%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 16GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Read 25 Write 8.3 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 11 14% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 71%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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