Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	84.7% 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	112% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '15 at 09:53
Run Duration	94 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 138 2-Core 276 94% 207 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 727 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 89% 115 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 86.4 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195 707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 421 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (AB) Unknown 100 100 166627664 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 16 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4956 (F2) Unknown 100 100 740 (F9) Unknown 100 100 166239138	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 482 Mixed 495 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 35.4 156% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 93.2 141% 266 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 6125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 592 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (10) Unknown 0 200 14324943154 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 572 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 33 (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	89.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 154 Mixed 160 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.23 122% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%

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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	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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $914

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