Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	105% 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 21:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 676 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 351 300 292 264 257 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 459 Mixed 236 SusWrite 306 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 40.5 172% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 150 160% 267 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 153GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 67 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 85 Write 80.7 Mixed 76 SusWrite 66.5 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 102GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 84 84 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 85.1 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 139GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 105 106 106 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 85 Write 127 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 98 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 199% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 25.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $129Bench 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 $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