Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.3% 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	85.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '16 at 16:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 452 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 0784) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Lighting 59.8 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 69.5 49% 61.3 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 52.2 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 250GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 59GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 547 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 98 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 898381080	134% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 500 Mixed 509 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 59.2 217% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 137 163% 284 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2215 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 730 (B1) Unknown 98 98 61 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6006348007	85.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 205 Mixed 240 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25.6 142% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 69.9 100% 191 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 338GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 174 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 708 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1828 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 155 Mixed 124 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1867, 1333, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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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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