Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% 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	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	6000 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 18:31
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 691 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2521 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4682529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -99900939299617 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 852 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 62 73018507294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4682529 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4682529 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4682529 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2599 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1158 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1158 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1612	79.7% Very good	Read 488 Write 233 Mixed 261 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 22.3 124% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 46 81% 159 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 86%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 100GB free Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 932 Mixed 1,297 306% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 48.6 214% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 480 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 196 208% 347 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 230%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12648148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 20572893359595 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2139 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 971 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 68722360353 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12648148 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12648148 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12648148 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18430 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12567 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12567 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11433	72.7% Very good	Read 481 Write 180 Mixed 248 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 23.1 113% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 46.8 78% 149 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187834216 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 4302273974 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2509 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41887 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 60129542170 (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 74281459392789 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5515507296 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11187433771	97.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 180 Mixed 147 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 247GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2917 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 668 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 106568 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 25 (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	64.1% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 96.5 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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	418x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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

Total price: $914

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16