Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '16 at 20:34
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 732 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

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. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 461GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 192GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,017 Write 1,006 Mixed 952 222% 992 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 25.6 203% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 25.2 50% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 166%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 432GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 102GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	133% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 564 Mixed 666 162% 732 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 20.7 190% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 20.9 47% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3197 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 821 (B1) Unknown 99 99 25 (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 61 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 737 (EB) Unknown 99 99 399 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18371477338
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 298GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 201 8216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3532 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 479 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6041 (C2) HDA temperature 127 99 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 492 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.1% Average	Read 93.8 Write 74.2 Mixed 72.5 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.05 23% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 25.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	148x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x

RAM
DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GBUnknownBench 72%, 26 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 4,251 samples	9x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16