Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '16 at 06:56
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 203 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 591 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 72 Parallax 64.1 60% 69.8 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 57.3 53% 66 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8952661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -139947214361376 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1281 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 210 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8952661 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8952661 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8952661 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15557 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14553 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14553 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16916	50.5% Above average	Read 191 Write 108 Mixed 114 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 11.9 111% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 28.8 43% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 186GB free Firmware: 3.02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 55 50 42620222 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3989 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 64 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 244745120 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3186 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 49 42620222 (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	34.3% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 57.9 Mixed 58.8 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%
WD WD1600JS-00NCB1 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 171GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 185 5416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2015 (BE) vendor-specific 54 38 46 (C2) HDA temperature 104 88 46 (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 30 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.2% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 62.8 Mixed 60.4 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.45 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 85GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 110 110 12897026235 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4219 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15160 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 219044118557 (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 1	47.4% Average	Read 81.3 Write 83.7 Mixed 82.2 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 50%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 38GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3739 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 454 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7814 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 31 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 86.5 Mixed 89.2 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 65%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 33GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 77 131673746 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31959556 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5506 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471466012 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 54 150497242 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 454 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	47.1% Average	Read 84.7 Write 79.5 Mixed 68.3 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 26GB free Firmware: FH100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14194 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14635 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4463 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 89034 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 131093 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 160 112 704970778 (C2) HDA temperature 166 109 721747992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 89034 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	39.6% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 70.5 Mixed 67.6 52% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% 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	418x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	50x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16