Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 03:20
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 652 72% 566 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 107 Reflection 120 131% 114 fps
Poor: 68% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 100 100 853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1327 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 632 (94) Unknown 100 100 152891 (95) Unknown 100 100 2292 (96) Unknown 100 100 2146 (97) Unknown 100 100 2282 (A4) Unknown 100 100 57068 (A5) Unknown 100 100 95 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41928077213725 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 400457 (F2) Unknown 100 100 342426 (F5) Unknown 100 100 674115 (F6) Unknown 100 100 611564 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	46.9% Average	Read 350 Write 189 Mixed 194 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 9.31 66% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 10.2 20% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 588GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2511 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1749 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3770 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1315 (B5) Unknown 100 100 794649 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 9 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 219043987485 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 59628 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219043987485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 573	49.5% Average	Read 84.6 Write 87.7 Mixed 1.43 41% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 175GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44760488 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 118899222 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5458 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 775 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 665 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 102938 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 47244640287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 99 44760488 (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 139543487452482 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3647989862 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1736278370	50.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 79.7 Mixed 72.1 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 166GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98884412 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 131531599 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5933 (B7) Unknown 51 51 49 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 21475166005 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 605683747 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 21474836515 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 19 98884412 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 1660 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73358041387476 (F1) Unknown 100 253 477361465 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2708473628	57.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.9 Mixed 75.3 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 165 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4906 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2905 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54118 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 30 (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	41% Average	Read 76.9 Write 65.6 Mixed 72.1 54% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDS721064CLA332 640GB 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 16GB free Firmware: JPGOA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 105 (03) Spinup time 120 100 25790513468 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 46 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3028 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 97 86 64488236 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 455344161 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6172 (C2) HDA temperature 181 130 201863987233 (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 200 200 0	39.5% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 67.2 Mixed 62.9 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 86%

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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

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) $30	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