Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 05:01
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 239 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 601 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.5% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 36.4 Parallax 25.3 37% 35.8 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 39.9 29% 35 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59936224 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148882191 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1079 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 341 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196742 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 655949863 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 507 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23336 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 77309411367 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -19765439484525 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61391435875 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85285196773	90.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 143 Mixed 127 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.77 157% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 94%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141339853 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7539 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 666437647 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2595 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 4167 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 588775459 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 38 141339853 (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 55843164816758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1580020598 (F2) Unknown 100 253 292333431	55.9% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 97.7 Mixed 81.4 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.57 129% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 809GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1505 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1160 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 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	75.1% Very good	Read 144 Write 117 Mixed 111 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.46 125% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 16GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $559

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