Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	May 08 '16 at 23:02
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 220 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 659 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 70 Parallax 60.5 52% 64.9 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 56.4 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4662 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 451 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8287260038	115% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 403 Mixed 412 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 50 182% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 116 139% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 957GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226075640 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1806 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4532788 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 605683743 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5065 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 47244640287 (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 16578573767238 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6699889742 (F2) Unknown 100 253 115232774378	89.8% Excellent	Read 138 Write 173 Mixed 112 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.8 220% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 108%
USB3.0 1TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 730GB free Firmware: 8105 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 40.9 Mixed 39.6 30% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.16 52% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 102%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 298GB free Firmware: 0106 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 39.7 Mixed 36.2 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.46 98% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 51%
WD My Passport 070B 319GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 280GB free, PID 070b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 37.6 Mixed 10.1 33% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 1TB 537 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 31GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 25.4 Mixed 9.3 26% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.13 33% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 32%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 25.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

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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 $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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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