Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 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	37.6% 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	80.6% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840x2160x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 21:24
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 617 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 50.1 Reflection 46.4 Parallax 41.3 41% 45.9 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 34.8 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 0 (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 100 100 279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 303 (AD) Unknown 100 100 917526 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 72 64 154620067868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3601 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1489 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1401 (F4) Unknown 100 100 14 (F5) Unknown 100 100 22 (F6) Unknown 100 100 478656	80.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 345 Mixed 405 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 11.8 114% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 11.7 53% 111 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 146 (C2) HDA temperature 123 115 24 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 142 Write 149 Mixed 140 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 86%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1556 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 23 (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	75.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 137 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 24.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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