Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	111% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 15:11
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 199 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 508 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 96.8 Parallax 103 93% 105 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 110 Splatting 66.7 74% 93.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10896 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 712 (B1) Unknown 93 93 135 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 150 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40276735216	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 410 Mixed 418 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 46.1 166% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 114 140% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12556 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 854 (B1) Unknown 97 97 52 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 135 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10263550858	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 412 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 42.4 168% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 109 138% 248 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 590GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 161 156 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3293 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1025 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10756 (C2) HDA temperature 114 73 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 96.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.48 124% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 356GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 53 (03) Spinup time 182 173 7858 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3412 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2050 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 140 140 182880 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	62.6% Good	Read 118 Write 100 Mixed 97.3 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 294GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 153 3141 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12377 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3514 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12376 (C2) HDA temperature 115 74 28 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.46 118% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 58%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 57GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 111 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11088 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2926 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 926 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 500658 (C2) HDA temperature 120 75 27 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 5270 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.1% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 65.4 Mixed 65.8 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.14 39% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 72%

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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	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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: $914

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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