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 (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	70.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	31.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 21:18
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 730 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4578 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 104GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 97925255247604 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1774 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3906 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3906 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21275 (F9) Unknown 100 100 194	71% Very good	Read 497 Write 202 Mixed 288 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 6.87 104% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 66.3 93% 174 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 83%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 123214021789329 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1778 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B7) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 36 77311770653 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 207182 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 41 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 207182 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147272 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18619	70.3% Very good	Read 453 Write 177 Mixed 221 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 17.2 116% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 40.3 67% 130 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263909 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4634 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1779 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4639 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4639 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171799805984 (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 200 200 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 149 Mixed 144 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.26 115% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 188 169 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4467 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1718 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10700 (C2) HDA temperature 121 115 29 (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	64.9% Good	Read 110 Write 117 Mixed 104 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 26.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

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Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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