Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	40.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 14:20
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (49^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)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 268 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 700 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 465GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6507 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 394 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 73 65 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5130348706	97% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 488 Mixed 427 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 44.2 146% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16 DQ Write 20.7 DQ Mixed 4.64 7% 13.8 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 199GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3287 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8792 (B1) Unknown 92 92 279 (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 74 43 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1461 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12248910945	79.4% Very good	Read 512 Write 438 Mixed 390 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 24.2 104% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 28 18% 19.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1466 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1224 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1211362562	92.5% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 405 Mixed 187 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 43.3 152% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.4 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 4.79 6% 11 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGYA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 16858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13318 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 176 (A9) Unknown 100 100 549801296072 (AA) Unknown 100 100 103088324706 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2113162969639 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 359 (C2) HDA temperature 76 51 210454446104 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	40.5% Average	Read 201 Write 180 Mixed 182 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 15 66% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 44.9 DQ Mixed 11 15% 26.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 42%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8890 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7227 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46642 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 27 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 125 Mixed 103 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 634GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 158 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 13721 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2778 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65754 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 29 (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 3	42.4% Average	Read 69 Write 78.7 Mixed 32.3 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 95GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 124 6483 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14747 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1006 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130830 (C2) HDA temperature 118 96 29 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 73.7 Mixed 35.6 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 59%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 62GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388378037 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2434 (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 2390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2225 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2434 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 188979740704 (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	49.6% Average	Read 88 Write 84.5 Mixed 39.3 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 101% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 80%

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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 $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