Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 701 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 209 Parallax 175 150% 189 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 172 Splatting 130 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 261GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,330 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,885 444% 1,995 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 214 4K Mixed 63.7 277% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 41.4 180% 405 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8766 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1775 (B1) Unknown 98 98 63 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30339971830	118% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 451 Mixed 485 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 42.8 179% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 27.5 108% 240 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 133 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 484GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 222 166 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2077 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6840 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 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	69.2% Good	Read 132 Write 109 Mixed 108 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 42GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 634901152 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1508 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 555286559 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 58 1497460 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.1% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 50.9 Mixed 51.7 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $129Bench 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 $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