Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 05:34
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 696 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Device(7377 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 63.6 59% 68.8 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 57.2 53% 66 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 59 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 429 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65542 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 291	90.4% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 475 Mixed 494 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 12.3 114% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 57.8 85% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 182 7683 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1773 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11187 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 35 (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	64.9% Good	Read 122 Write 105 Mixed 99.6 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.21 54% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 87%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 882GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 75819256 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67619231 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1929 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885229584 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 206764048418 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2864 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 9 75819256 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25181393275433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1494233427 (F2) Unknown 100 253 204816678	62.4% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 106 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan 1600 2x4GB 990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

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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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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