Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '16 at 20:11
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 694 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 3265) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 18 Parallax 36.8 27% 29.1 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 33.2 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220464580 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 916744754 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (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 72 52 470810652 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 24 220464580 (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 57071525455772 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3701313464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2705463553	59.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 97.3 Mixed 23.6 56% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.52 113% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 66GB free Firmware: CC46 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 111 99 38471440 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4456151687 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 65535 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 470810651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 142461 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 47244640283 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 439117 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109869558388907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24952157639 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76466250141	60.5% Good	Read 91.9 Write 119 Mixed 62.1 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.26 69% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 16GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 68%

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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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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 $178	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