Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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 8 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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 693 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3706) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 127 Parallax 120 102% 124 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 111 Splatting 104 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 407 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 590 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 98 (EB) Unknown 99 99 228 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8747992380	102% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 417 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 30.7 177% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 49.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 30.2 39% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47069648 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2277767 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538771488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2504 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 55834574880 (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 -139191300127402 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1112302264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90744592074	111% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 198 Mixed 142 131% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.67 205% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 71%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 200 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	147x
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	28x
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 $66Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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