Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '22 at 16:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 71.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 448 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 7 3% 4.43 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 5.1 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 181 177 177 181 182 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 314 Write 260 Mixed 299 SusWrite 178 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 34 121% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 155 126% 177 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 72GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 186 182 184 186 187 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 350 Write 327 Mixed 319 SusWrite 184 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 35.1 122% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 211 159% 214 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2OAF10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 103 104 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 2 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 99.6 44% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 127 128 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 107 Write 116 Mixed 69 SusWrite 127 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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

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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 $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