Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 02:13
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 431 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1500 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.7% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 66% 99.5 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 95 Splatting 90.6 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 141GB free Firmware: SAFM00.f Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1506 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5769 (AA) Unknown 100 100 606 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6095151 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3370	75.4% Very good	Read 512 Write 297 Mixed 279 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 11.6 110% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 19.2 42% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8831 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1458 (B1) Unknown 97 97 151 (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 59 40 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30509755638	77.9% Very good	Read 515 Write 166 Mixed 268 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 24.5 141% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 32.2 50% 100 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 801GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3890 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7577 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3792 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 38 (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	95.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 126 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.32 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 1314 992074 (997074) 12GB 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns

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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	149x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $68Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16