Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	104% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '20 at 00:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 655 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 158 Parallax 175 137% 167 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 114% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 318 302 303 302 304 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 426 Mixed 412 SusWrite 303 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.4 168% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 353 262% 346 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 148 145 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 101 Mixed 68 SusWrite 147 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 162 162 164 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 101 Mixed 70 SusWrite 163 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 96%
KINGSTON USB DRIVE 0GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 0GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 1.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1 0.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	0.31% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.8 Mixed 0.8 SusWrite 0.9 1% 0.83 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.31% Great: 1%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 201 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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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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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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