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Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.6% 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	67.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '22 at 01:06
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 65.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 213 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 560 53% 438 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	2.72% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 3.5 2% 2.7 fps	MRender 3.8 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.8 3% 3.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.72% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 3060-$282 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 407B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 101% 116 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 94 85% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 174 140 137 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 319 Write 290 Mixed 262 SusWrite 156 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 33.4 117% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 190 146% 200 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 746GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 163 177 140 138 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 196 Write 302 Mixed 297 SusWrite 157 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 40.6 132% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 37.7 74% 151 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 8 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 113 36% 113 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 65%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 713 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	436x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	89x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	80x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $905

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $129
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406