Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.4% 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	90% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 175 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 392 43% 342 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 42.3 28% 36.2 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 36.3 26% 31 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 26%
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 80.9 53% 67.8 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 52.5 Splatting 74.7 52% 61.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 480GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 296GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 21479241147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 1829656093825 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2422 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 285 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 49 55837786146 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 55837786146 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21479241147 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21479241147 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21479241147 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8726 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7533 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7533 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13426	60% Good	Read 478 Write 188 Mixed 256 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 16.6 76% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 75 DQ Mixed 63.9 70% 122 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%
Fusion-io ioDrive Duo 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 189GB free Firmware: 7.1.17 rev 116786 Public Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 92% Great: 110%
Fusion-io ioDrive Duo 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 189GB free Firmware: 7.1.17 rev 116786 Public Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 92% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2249 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 224 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5918648357	90% Excellent	Read 503 Write 406 Mixed 414 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 23.9 133% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 23.2 51% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 499GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 65 10311 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1762 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3838 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 819 (B5) Unknown 97 97 77851351 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 146 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 150324117532 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 16 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1832	65.8% Good	Read 80 Write 149 Mixed 85.1 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 72%
Kingdian S400 480GB 361GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11771 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1183 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 300 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 227633266725 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 99469 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 34906948987 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1092979810 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2440043088

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 108%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $295	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