Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.9% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150302
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 10:42
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 640 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 66.2 54% 67.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 69.4 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 333 Write 427 Mixed 284 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 32.5 130% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 211 189% 283 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 131GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 84.8 Write 85 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 87.3 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 291GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 100 100 100 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 98.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 98.2 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 299GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 88.7 Write 86.5 Mixed 65 SusWrite 68 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 84%
Adata Classic C906 USB 2.0 16GB-$49 1,229 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 13GB free, PID c96a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 0 3.3 0.4 1.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	2.66% Terrible	Read 15 Write 10 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 2 10% 8.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 8% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.66% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $574

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