Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (35%). 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/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 12:10
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 200 66% 120 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 419 57% 422 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 849E) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 90.6 56% 74.8 fps	MRender 77.2 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 48.9 53% 67.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 72 65 150324772892	64% Good	Read 484 Write 270 Mixed 274 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 6.92 65% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 35.3 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 93%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 21147209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 7576322315530 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2042 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 186 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 75 4915232 (C2) HDA temperature 32 75 4915232 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21147209 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21147209 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21147209 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9825 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6107 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6107 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7224	49.9% Average	Read 455 Write 126 Mixed 160 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 9.64 68% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 36.8 47% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 40%

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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	15x

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 $109Bench 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	10x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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