Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 07:22
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 563 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 86.8 76% 95.1 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 96.4 76% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 44GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19911 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1552 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 186 (AF) Unknown 100 100 60259500672 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 59 690028583 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 192673 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 80 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1983 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 192673 (F2) Unknown 100 100 488236	92.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 288 Mixed 351 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 31.8 143% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 19.9 87% 194 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free (System drive) 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 118 99 172649568 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4645806671 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 639696930 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10012 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 64424509474 (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 -48473000885356 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29527424409 (F2) Unknown 100 253 257919526327	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 180 Mixed 132 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.69 203% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 72%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $139Bench 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 $289	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 $550	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