Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.1% 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	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 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 20:03
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 641 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 161 Parallax 139 125% 151 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 148 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 21882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1338 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 335 (A9) Unknown 100 100 301 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 204 (AE) Unknown 100 100 420 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 124 532577189923 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1616 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 53380 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18516 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8731 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 412 Write 231 Mixed 289 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 26.3 142% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 47.7 94% 192 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 99%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 213 176 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 239693 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 29 (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	54% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 90.1 Mixed 108 75% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4706 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 968 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 196252 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 33 (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	66.7% Good	Read 119 Write 113 Mixed 120 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.16 86% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 83%
WD WD50EZRZ-32RWYB1 5TB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 193 8766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 320 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6855 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 30 (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	95.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 155 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.26 111% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 94%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 120GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 175 5275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4606 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 120 120 242012 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (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	58.6% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 110 Mixed 117 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 24.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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