Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	46.8% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 06:46
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 606 69% 539 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% EVGA(3842 2690) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 48.7 54% 50.2 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 33.1 32% 40.5 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 815GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 129 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 29 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 59 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2203639721	115% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 502 Mixed 509 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38.4 167% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 139 146% 241 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 496GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 112 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 23 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 708080836	118% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 513 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38.7 173% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 153 159% 261 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 466GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28198 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2071 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (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 68 48 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 339 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12414229731	78.2% Very good	Read 406 Write 305 Mixed 279 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 16.7 114% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 36.3 80% 168 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 163GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20291 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1544 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 146 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9164841756	109% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 495 Mixed 508 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 30.3 146% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 102 134% 242 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 23.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $129Bench 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

Total price: $929

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