Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.2% 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	87.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 00:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 594 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% 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: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 64.1 60% 69.7 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 57.3 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 253GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17152 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 349 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13440857878	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.4 192% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 117 143% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15290577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -134999412029143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 85 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 32 51541704732 (C2) HDA temperature 28 32 51541704732 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15290577 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15290577 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15290577 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17730 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8500 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8500 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9749	87.8% Excellent	Read 496 Write 238 Mixed 261 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25.9 145% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 82.3 106% 191 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 94%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 106GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 165 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15562 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 30 (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	70.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 116 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.27 4K Mixed 0.24 122% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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