Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	144% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 17:42
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 711 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 159 Parallax 172 138% 167 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 145 Splatting 110 115% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 807 182 374 374 198 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 812 Write 820 Mixed 724 SusWrite 345 152% 675 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 56 212% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 669 DQ Mixed 516 407% 558 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 142%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 38GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 51 99 72 51 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 444 Write 255 Mixed 312 SusWrite 79.2 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 30.8 141% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 168 157% 241 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 79GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 66 74 75 93 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 510 Write 443 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 124 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 18 77% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 1.2 31% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 921GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 130 128 130 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 146 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 128 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x4GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%

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

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 69%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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