Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 676 74% 586 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 80.3 74% 87.1 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 84.9 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Performance Pro 256GB-$348 318 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 11084 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2844 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 415	97% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 409 Mixed 449 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 36.4 131% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 90.5 117% 211 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 100 103 (03) Spinup time 114 100 51581354618 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3897 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 100 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2158 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 85 627083708477 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 43 354287640 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3912 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3912 (C2) HDA temperature 250 107 244813791256 (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 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196993560 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 901729 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1099 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 50 504561688 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7501 (C2) HDA temperature 24 50 47244640280 (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 -28887950032657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 855724413 (F2) Unknown 100 253 362100027	103% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 186 Mixed 158 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.32 107% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Maxtor Basics Desktop 160GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 12GB free, PID 7410 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 42.3 Mixed 10.6 38% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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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	418x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16