Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	93.3% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150202
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 09:30
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 640 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 68 Parallax 61.8 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54.1 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 270GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5953 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 446 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 976	76% Very good	Read 509 Write 346 Mixed 346 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 10.6 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 46.8 59% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11797 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1420 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33725432725	93.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 412 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 27.5 153% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 27.4 35% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 905GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105036904 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 274544228 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2815 (B7) Unknown 1 1 252 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 34360721919 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 36 25929407528998 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48560 (C2) HDA temperature 38 64 -140737488355290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 680 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5012226842589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44272660096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50161131770	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 169 Mixed 174 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.36 111% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 620GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 175 5808 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92136 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 40 (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	77.4% Very good	Read 145 Write 124 Mixed 126 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.28 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 364GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 93 160352152 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1919 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17255770593 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 319 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 48 740687913 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67298 (C2) HDA temperature 41 52 64424509481 (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 -14542759252573 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46504383322 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1150643572662	74.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 96.9 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.61 193% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

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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	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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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