Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	91.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 21:44
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 666 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 32 Parallax 39.3 38% 39.1 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.1 32% 39 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1239 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 858 (B1) Unknown 99 99 25 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 24 (EB) Unknown 99 99 170 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13136788053	91.6% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 484 Mixed 508 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 33.7 106% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 14.5 62% 129 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 185 185 34382414098 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1707 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2573 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2573 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 188979347488 (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 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 164 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB-$174 2,758 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 572GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175115802 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 635578486 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5448 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 85900722805 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 9399 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 505020446 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 175115802 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 88.5 Write 60 Mixed 76.4 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.42 108% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 458GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 100320957 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1146 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3808500 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (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 62 471400476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1152 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 100320957 (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 17836999180716 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1733178142 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4149052385	85% Excellent	Read 148 Write 148 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	362x
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	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16