Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.8% 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	89% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '16 at 05:53
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 218 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 595 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.1 80% 98.9 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 80.7 70% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 159 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4298113035 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 187 187 68740055218 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 99 99 1056 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141735231521 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 90432048128 (EA) Unknown 100 100 122609997440 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30734309746 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18028668788	89% Excellent	Read 486 Write 299 Mixed 368 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.5 132% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 31.4 93% 198 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 619GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4440 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 171 Mixed 150 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 121% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 109%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 756 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Read 30.1 Write 7.66 Mixed 12.2 17% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.77 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 29% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	149x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x

RAM
DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GBUnknownBench 72%, 26 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 4,251 samples	9x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16