Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 21:25
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 235 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 562 62% 488 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 58.4 51% 63 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 53 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 230144176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 59717225307335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 43 64427327517 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 64427327517 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 230144176 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 230144176 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 230144176 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40194 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19450 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19450 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18742	56% Above average	Read 492 Write 185 Mixed 232 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 9.45 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 5.57 70% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 76.4 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 3.83 35% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 166GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 572260384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6222 (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	80.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 143 Mixed 139 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 257GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 131 Write 109 Mixed 102 142% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 81%
Samsung G3 Station 2TB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 9GB free, PID 6014 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 42.6 Mixed 36.8 51% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 1x4GB-$25 2,246 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.1% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 6.4 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 30%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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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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