Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	88.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 213 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 566 62% 489 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 193 Parallax 179 149% 185 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 174 Splatting 123 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 21880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1772 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 340 (A9) Unknown 100 100 281 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 206 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 148 635656339485 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1622 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 53394 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22096 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25302 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 421 Write 323 Mixed 318 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 26.2 142% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 48.3 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 99%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 103GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 13649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1121 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8892 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 53 201864380442 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28172220370 (F7) Unknown 100 100 881533120 (F8) Unknown 100 100 325111902	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 486 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 38.5 158% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 82.3 130% 248 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 520GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 98 22890512 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8349386 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11338 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33917356740517 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35641978485 (F2) Unknown 100 253 261357312120	95.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 168 126% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 115GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142275840 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 57 25793312196 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1768 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 4 4 96 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 30518935579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 134747 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 534 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -77086073015474 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16255859287 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28206044013	76.5% Very good	Read 144 Write 123 Mixed 118 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

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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	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 $109Bench 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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Value: 61% - Good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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