Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.9% 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	98.8% 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	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.

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 19:44
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 575 57% 467 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 37.3 27% 33.2 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 33 30% 37.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 24826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B1) Unknown 100 100 140398 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 668667 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1732441	98.8% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 432 Mixed 453 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 37.9 129% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 104 126% 223 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 106%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12775 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.8% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 112 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 16 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3692 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 4298202278 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 605356058 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3716 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 90194313242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 4 16 (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 -130871948459760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4128201552 (F2) Unknown 100 253 992901344	69.6% Good	Read 118 Write 125 Mixed 101 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.54 103% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 139 11750 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1964 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 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	83.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 147 Mixed 142 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.69 4K Mixed 0.65 181% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 252GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 48 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 45 180399709107 (09) Power-on hours count 100 11 188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 67 94490722558 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 605290522 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4088 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 85899345946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 48 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 41 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94944547079919 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2584288207 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4215591117	59.7% Above average	Read 120 Write 88.3 Mixed 71.2 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.48 84% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 75%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	358x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $831

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 $45	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