Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.6% 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/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '16 at 01:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 680 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% PowerColor(148C 2357) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 88 64% 77.9 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 82.7 59% 70.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (AB) Unknown 100 100 82475856 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 4 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 361 (F2) Unknown 100 100 634 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13000794	87.6% Excellent	Read 516 Write 480 Mixed 482 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15.7 120% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 17.6 30% 54 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 108%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 62GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 168 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295885416 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 77 386859031 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19680 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 99 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19680 (F2) Unknown 100 100 72735	91.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 278 Mixed 356 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 27.8 143% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 19.8 84% 189 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 95%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 980 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 836GB free, PID 0101 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 108 Write 99.7 Mixed 91.9 126% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	146x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x

RAM
DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GBUnknownBench 72%, 26 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 4,251 samples	9x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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