Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% 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	105% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 06:13
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 692 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2912 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 204 Parallax 222 160% 208 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 196 Splatting 136 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^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 11887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1739 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 220 (AE) Unknown 100 100 129 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 176094380060 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 54190828942 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1706499671 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1327275859	105% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 477 Mixed 474 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 31.7 155% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 38.5 77% 150 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 25048367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 55748675531736 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2053 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 252 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 80 38659948570 (C2) HDA temperature 26 80 38659948570 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25048367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25048367 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25048367 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9017 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8384 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8384 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15806	76.4% Very good	Read 508 Write 126 Mixed 187 59% 274 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 20.1 141% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 45.8 68% 130 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 1950 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6212 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1737 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6086 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 28 (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	76.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 118 Mixed 107 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.26 120% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.3% 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

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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