Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit ç§é¢è²
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '15 at 07:49
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 130 2-Core 252 87% 191 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 700 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 77.1 74% 85.5 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 70.2 62% 77.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^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 3889 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 31 296353726504 (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 10 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13343994502 (F7) Unknown 100 100 425284890 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1106076023	101% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 467 Mixed 468 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 32.8 143% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 43.5 83% 161 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 484GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166809248 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8881630 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 234 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 1237657255978 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19569 (C2) HDA temperature 42 60 51539607594 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 153 Mixed 143 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 113%
HGST HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 124 Write 82.3 Mixed 71.3 110% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 64%

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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 $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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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

Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)