Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.1% 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	93.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 16:09
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 531 72% 534 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1635 MHz, MLim: 1940 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 67.9 58% 71.4 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 60.4 56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2CT040G3 40GB 1,759 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 37GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 67 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3093 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2472 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 556 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7447 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7447 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17443	33.8% Below average	Read 185 Write 47.5 Mixed 72.5 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 13.1 68% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 36.1 DQ Mixed 28.7 34% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 37%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5657 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3545 (B1) Unknown 92 92 92 (B3) Unknown 99 1 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 894 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26155779359	93.2% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 341 Mixed 330 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 20.8 141% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 21 82% 183 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 926GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10282312 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8633981848 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2031 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31676 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 34359738398 (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 -67645734909491 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10335508843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 533399338880	93.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 149 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 886GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1819 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3365 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (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	61.6% Good	Read 117 Write 96.8 Mixed 94.3 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.54 149% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 27 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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