Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '16 at 22:04
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 662 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 362E) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 16.5 16% 17.6 fps	MRender 23.4 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 16.8 15% 19.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$173 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 687 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12571 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 51262 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 84975 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115103 (F5) Unknown 100 100 201136	104% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 424 Mixed 454 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 38.6 151% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 70 110% 208 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 716GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 552 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3761 (C2) HDA temperature 113 111 30 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 166 Mixed 152 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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