Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 01:43
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 653 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 63.2 55% 66.9 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 55.6 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 109% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 520GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 8262 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1209 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393237 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18486	83.4% Excellent	Read 513 Write 351 Mixed 357 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 10.7 103% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 48.8 100% 205 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 575GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66298088 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 162182867 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 588906529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 469229 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 21474836513 (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 121229746915233 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44286343164 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48555150625	86.8% Excellent	Read 138 Write 165 Mixed 149 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1866C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CML16GX3M2A1866C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 71%

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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 $129Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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