Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	84.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 19:14
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 188 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 498 50% 409 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 183 Parallax 163 124% 166 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 158 Splatting 112 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10878 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1020 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 44 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2867 (EB) Unknown 99 99 111 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32213132788	84.1% Excellent	Read 501 Write 400 Mixed 407 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 23.8 125% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 82.5 DQ Mixed 23.2 28% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 436GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 373 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 312 (C2) HDA temperature 107 103 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 139 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 152 Mixed 147 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.39 128% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 262GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1213 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65836 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 39 (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	51.6% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 88.8 Mixed 85.7 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 103GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 181 177 7925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2006 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58680 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 89.7 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 83%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 32GB free Firmware: GU001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 3609 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1261 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 88 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5768 (0A) Spinup retry count 125 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10970 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929151527 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 10 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 16454 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 282 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 337 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	29.3% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 50.7 Mixed 45.7 37% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 87%

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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	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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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