Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	105% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 20:44
Run Duration	345 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 643 63% 518 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1396 MHz, MLim: 1749 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 150 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 90.7 122% 87.6 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 16.7 Splatting 24.7 19% 23 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13471 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1622 (B1) Unknown 82 82 370 (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 63 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 671 (F1) Unknown 99 99 120998786266	105% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 401 Mixed 417 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 44 152% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 106 132% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 7GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1094 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 684 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 52 206159282210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11447706660 (F7) Unknown 100 100 357934921 (F8) Unknown 100 100 254747775 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3583 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	56.6% Above average	Read 357 Write 244 Mixed 252 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 9.93 70% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 14.9 51% 114 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 104%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 517GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235493184 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2604 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 56 81712964329 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2794 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 105 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131353 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 488046620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68467 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -39625368265079 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53339616338 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23972746030896	51% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 87.2 Mixed 101 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.12 57% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 85GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128276016 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90338819 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1924 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 513 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138613 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 87235080759513 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22366361023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 376759447735	75% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 147 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 19.6 Write 5.49 Mixed 7.94 12% 11 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.43 41% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0619 SLA302G08-GGNHC 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0619 SLA302G08-GGNHC 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns

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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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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