Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '16 at 23:07
Run Duration	518 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 270 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 534 72% 536 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 43.9 Parallax 35.7 35% 40.7 fps	MRender 47.4 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 41.9 36% 43.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshib DT01ACA100 1TB 1,368 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 748GB free Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12896960697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1928 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2475 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 188979347480 (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 1	17% Very poor	Read 173 Write 156 Mixed 164 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.19 2% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%
Sandis SP120G 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: R131 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1307 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1479 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 101 (A9) Unknown 100 100 170 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1002 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 131 562641567766 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 316 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5495 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3769 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4854 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	99.8% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 286 Mixed 338 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 28.9 170% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 53 110% 224 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 100%
Toshib MK5065GSX 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 140GB free Firmware: GJ00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4095 (0A) Spinup retry count 146 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1702 (B7) Unknown 100 100 419 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 403505173 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17629453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	29.4% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 50.7 Mixed 54.1 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 33%
General UDisk 2GB 486 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	2.91% Terrible	Read 9.03 Write 2.27 Mixed 3.3 5% 4.87 MB/s	4K Read 4.64 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 18% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.91% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	421x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	61x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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 i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359