Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 22:16
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 770 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 155 Parallax 136 125% 148 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 143 Splatting 112 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5784 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 997 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 46 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9614065200	116% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 206 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.4 187% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 109 134% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 32782857 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25472609 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 82837034240537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 404 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5286 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 47244640290 (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 75432510621212 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2262561547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5377324831	83.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 149 Mixed 89.8 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 105%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 204049854 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 19872188 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 135420318844888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6913 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 47244640289 (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 47601122543052 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6525870130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4664830998 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46% Average	Read 86.5 Write 73.4 Mixed 34.2 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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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	417x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	59x

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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Total price: $914

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16