Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	100% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 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 18 '17 at 03:40
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 639 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 437 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 623 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 98 (EB) Unknown 99 99 238 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8909677766	100% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 403 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.7 175% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 50.4 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 30.4 39% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
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 (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165632936 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2405374 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 720 (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 67 54 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2682 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 55834574881 (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 -123982820932256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1140707888 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90777751336	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 191 Mixed 135 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.67 207% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 (98^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

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Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	149x
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 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16