Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.3% 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	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	69.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 04:08
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 528 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3778) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 55.7 38% 48 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 39 39% 49.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 141 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1026410381	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 402 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 45.8 164% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 114 141% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 139GB free Firmware: 050B Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 80.1 Write 125 Mixed 84.1 22% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 8.15 4K Mixed 0.57 6% 3.06 MB/s	DQ Read 0.47 DQ Write 7.84 DQ Mixed 0.47 2% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 17%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 53834124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16423954960710 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 34 42951901210 (C2) HDA temperature 26 34 42951901210 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 53834124 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 53834124 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 53834124 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23936 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7830 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7830 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8063	67% Good	Read 407 Write 207 Mixed 259 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 16.7 98% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 69.3 90% 163 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 94%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 178 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3974 (C2) HDA temperature 123 118 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 81.6 Mixed 88.4 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.16 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 62%

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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	365x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16