Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 14:06
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 706 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 214 Parallax 191 149% 196 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 189 Splatting 133 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^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 5132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1334 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 224 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 227634184223 (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 4804 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22890635438 (F7) Unknown 100 100 721139489 (F8) Unknown 100 100 803030646	105% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 480 Mixed 480 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 20.9 137% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 20.5 104% 234 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%
HPT DISK 0_1 6TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 3.5TB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 133%
HPT DISK 0_3 18TB 3TB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

HPT DISK 0_0 18TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2.5TB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 8% Great: 81%
HPT DISK 0_2 9TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate BUP BL 5TB 976 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 34.9 Mixed 31.3 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 4.19 4K Mixed 0.37 146% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	148x
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 $94Bench 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 $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