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 as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 729 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4389756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 66881230741474 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1316 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 879 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 62 73018507298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4389756 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4389756 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4389756 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2620 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1169 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1169 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1621	80.1% Excellent	Read 454 Write 217 Mixed 253 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 19.1 137% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 52.6 84% 159 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 86%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 53GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 387 Mixed 461 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 47.5 188% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 233 215% 331 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 230%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18273370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 61667140450540 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2499 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 999 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 68722360354 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18273370 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18273370 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18273370 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22376 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14365 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14365 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13559	75.4% Very good	Read 484 Write 206 Mixed 239 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 22.7 116% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 49.8 80% 152 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 954GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12749760 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4302605554 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 588513315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45600 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 60129542179 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99016176032857 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5831496497 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11733928498	88.5% Excellent	Read 173 Write 135 Mixed 129 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.26 69% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 68GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2330 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 696 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122624 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (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	60.1% Good	Read 111 Write 97.7 Mixed 93.8 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 65%

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Gaming 43%

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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	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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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