Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.6% 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.

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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 18:37
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 588 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 90 Parallax 79 68% 84.1 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 70.3 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th 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 24865 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 199 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 158914904093 (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 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 38430544713 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1230451473 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1186636871	90.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 462 Mixed 462 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 19.9 122% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 15.1 52% 106 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 107%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 112GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -14328010855859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19258 (EA) Unknown 0 0 46136 (F1) Unknown 0 0 46136 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3100	48.9% Average	Read 188 Write 95.8 Mixed 122 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 11.9 105% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 28.4 48% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 61%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 295GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 80.7 Write 87.1 Mixed 67.4 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 66%
WD Elements 25A1 3TB 4,338 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 37 Mixed 12.5 35% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.08 45% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 62%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 931GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 37.5 Mixed 10.2 34% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 192GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 37 Write 36.6 Mixed 35.5 47% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 61%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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