Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 12:08
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 93 2-Core 211 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 365 40% 316 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 85.4 82% 95.3 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 88.7 73% 89 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23357753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 10247791973655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 44 1009320198175 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 1009320198175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23357753 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23357753 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23357753 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9765 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8628 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8628 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5228	34% Below average	Read 155 Write 90.3 Mixed 95.2 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 6.99 70% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 90.3 DQ Mixed 25 27% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30572816 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 58 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 220988837 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 706805799 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 85899345959 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 30572816 (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 -78417512864715 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3973119844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2386394401	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 121 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.72 125% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 792 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 47 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 245863719 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 639565858 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 4 792 (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 -62801011774954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 747003211 (F2) Unknown 100 253 976782108	63.3% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 100 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.67 121% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 75%
Samsung HN-M500MBB 500GB-$80 4,322 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 332GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2868 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4187 (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 3990 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1559 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3701940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864314913 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 400 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 27 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 96919	54% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 95.5 Mixed 91.4 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81581054 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 213780347 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 68808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 131496 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 673120292 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 20 81581054 (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 107739254689248 (F1) Unknown 100 253 507437315 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3731071480	47.8% Average	Read 87 Write 79.4 Mixed 71.9 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 49GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217975191 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5913 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 464699953 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4736 (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 67 59 622723105 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 21 217975191 (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 -45299020036627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3996942206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1779036954	54% Above average	Read 105 Write 82.9 Mixed 88.2 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 71%

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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 $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 $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