Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 17:19
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 732 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3706) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 125 Parallax 121 102% 124 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 107 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 362 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 709 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (A2) Unknown 0 0 1554778161872 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983092 (AE) Unknown 100 100 204 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 362 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2507 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4301	96.9% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 509 Mixed 516 116% 519 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 15.6 144% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 15.3 32% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 115%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55914256 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2019110 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2172 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 55834574882 (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 17729624999236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1036756612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90698531797	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 195 Mixed 155 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.64 203% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 71%

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Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	148x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x

RAM
DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GBUnknownBench 72%, 26 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 4,251 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16