Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	25.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '23 at 20:54
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 211 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 589 56% 465 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 286 Parallax 182 141% 213 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 177 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 642GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 76 84 130 80 0.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 318 Write 186 Mixed 175 SusWrite 70.7 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 7 28% 7.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 58%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 954GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 285 342 325 356 365 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 434 Write 406 Mixed 349 SusWrite 327 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 24.5 82% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 265 191% 253 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 121%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 126GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 37 47 35 38 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 405 Write 294 Mixed 249 SusWrite 53.3 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.8 27% 5.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 58%
Seagate ST31000528ASQ 1TB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 453GB free Firmware: AP24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 99 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 50.8 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 99.8 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 71%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 232GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 75 75 77 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 71.3 Write 70.4 Mixed 44 SusWrite 74.3 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 53%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 282GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 82 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 82.4 Write 87.3 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 82.6 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 120GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 112 112 103 112 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.1% Average	Read 104 Write 117 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 110 123% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 92% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 45%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 489GB free, PID 2323 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 117 117 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 94.8 Write 116 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 113 135% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 3x8GB 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	418x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16