Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.3% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 20:59
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 698 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 211 Parallax 213 161% 207 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 191 Splatting 131 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 21880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1772 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 340 (A9) Unknown 100 100 281 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 206 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 148 635656339485 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1622 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 53398 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22099 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25304 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	93.3% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 358 Mixed 350 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 26.7 148% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 50.8 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 99%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 103GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th 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 13649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1121 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8892 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 53 201864380442 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28180350786 (F7) Unknown 100 100 881796972 (F8) Unknown 100 100 325260144	114% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 480 Mixed 478 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 39 162% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 82.6 129% 246 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 520GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 98 25226552 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8351162 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11340 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 9710921060262 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35644446873 (F2) Unknown 100 253 261358761380	91.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 150 Mixed 153 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 115GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143943960 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 57 25793313661 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1768 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 4 4 96 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 30518935579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 134750 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 534 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 45028437144398 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16258324379 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28207286670	74.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 27.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

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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	50x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16