Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% 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	85.9% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 00:19
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (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 i7-4790-$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)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 619 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 63 Parallax 80.6 57% 71.1 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 78.7 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 52%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 351GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^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 100 100 126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 42 (A3) Unknown 100 100 647 (94) Unknown 100 100 29376 (95) Unknown 100 100 448 (96) Unknown 100 100 259 (97) Unknown 100 100 414 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17172 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32010930356248 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 83447 (F2) Unknown 100 100 98647 (F5) Unknown 100 100 202844 (F6) Unknown 100 100 117504 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 494 Write 251 Mixed 270 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 22.8 111% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 36.1 32% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 95%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 285GB free Firmware: 8EV101F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,986 Write 993 Mixed 1,333 317% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 30.8 210% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 31 128% 282 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 230%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 100 100 266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16313 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 510236 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 73675 (F2) Unknown 100 100 89790 (F5) Unknown 100 100 130504	85.9% Excellent	Read 522 Write 356 Mixed 423 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 23.6 136% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 22.6 33% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -79482664777800 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 51 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 39 51542163481 (C2) HDA temperature 25 39 51542163481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 62 (EA) Unknown 0 0 64 (F1) Unknown 0 0 64 (F2) Unknown 0 0 41	52.5% Above average	Read 179 Write 127 Mixed 149 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 15.7 119% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 32.8 37% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 73%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 56GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2688236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -122475287379240 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1199 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 389 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2688236 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2688236 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2688236 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10280 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5845 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5845 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9740	50.8% Above average	Read 205 Write 105 Mixed 127 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 11.8 109% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 29.2 46% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 61%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 727GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 166 165 8691 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2518 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2265 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 765104 (C2) HDA temperature 125 103 27 (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	41.5% Average	Read 72.3 Write 71.8 Mixed 63.9 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 72%

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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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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