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Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	117% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '22 at 02:28
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 268 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 716 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$53 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 350 346 359 362 362 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 484 Mixed 446 SusWrite 356 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 61.8 203% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 185 158% 225 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 130%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 698GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2073 2131 2146 2152 2148 427 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 1,718 Write 2,245 Mixed 1,867 SusWrite 1,846 434% 1,919 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 81 266% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 917 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 745 548% 729 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 365%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 71%

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Gaming 43%

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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	434x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	89x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 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 $100Bench 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 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $226	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350