Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 21:58
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 654 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PwrHis(1787 2335) 2GB CLim: 600 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 3.88 Parallax 6.62 4% 5.07 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 2.96 3% 3.74 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 625 Write 33.9 Mixed 102 54% 254 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 8.67 4K Mixed 5.7 38% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 6.88 7% 10.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 237%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 168 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19001 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 36 (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	96.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 156 Mixed 149 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 224 165 3775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21975 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 36 (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	82% Excellent	Read 141 Write 145 Mixed 138 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 47GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117913512 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53262681 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1068 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35062 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 64424509472 (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 -63939178129817 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22306352010 (F2) Unknown 100 253 419532399216	69.7% Good	Read 111 Write 132 Mixed 123 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 28GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3526 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2803 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3066 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 41 (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 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.2% Good	Read 113 Write 99.5 Mixed 88.8 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.41 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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 $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: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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