Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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	78.9% 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	97.3% 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 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 01:12
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 682 73% 579 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.2 82% 102 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 83.9 73% 89.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Performance Pro 256GB-$348 318 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 10040 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2666 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 415	97.3% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 410 Mixed 450 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 35.5 133% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 88.8 116% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 102 (03) Spinup time 115 100 51580633716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 116 100 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1980 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 85 627083708300 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 43 337510426 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3406 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3406 (C2) HDA temperature 230 107 244813791258 (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	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104884768 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2247 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 860663 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 75 50 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6542 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 47244640281 (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 -21852793601849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 831184001 (F2) Unknown 100 253 307462566	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 177 Mixed 160 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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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	415x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16