Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.6% 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	83.1% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 04:11
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 354 45% 341 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.6% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 50.5 32% 39 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 39 Splatting 33.1 27% 32.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2665 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 139 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10105838945	83.1% Excellent	Read 499 Write 343 Mixed 349 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 21.2 124% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 41 59% 103 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2666 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2655 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 38 (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	84.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 138 Mixed 146 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.33 123% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 112%
G-drive USB 2TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 989GB free Firmware: 2201 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 49.7 Write 63.8 Mixed 65.7 45% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.23 52% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 61%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 688GB free Firmware: 05.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 224 5008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 892 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 760 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 42 (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	62.7% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.48 130% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 65%
Toshiba MK1246GSX 120GB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 112GB free Firmware: LB211A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 1083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3298 (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 85 85 6109 (0A) Spinup retry count 165 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10948 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454183966 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 137 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 131 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 359 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	30.2% Below average	Read 52 Write 53.1 Mixed 51.4 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 30%
Seagate ST96812AS 60GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 56GB free Firmware: 3.14 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 100 10791152 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27594592 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 470745116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38593 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 48 174204482 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.5% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 38.9 Mixed 37.7 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.2 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 51%

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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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