Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 00:12
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 664 73% 576 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 95% 111 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 101 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5366 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1372 (B1) Unknown 98 98 69 (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 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 302 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17920987035	111% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 499 Mixed 508 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 38.7 152% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 23.4 91% 202 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 141GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1303 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 437 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 15 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3874128348	91.2% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 412 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 25.9 144% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 105 69% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 546GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233358288 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56146015 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1851 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 5 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 64 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19218 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 42949672985 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22213570850211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32872805419 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107867347730	98.5% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 153 Mixed 173 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-13-13 D3-2400 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 1319 CL11-13-13 D3-2400 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 1600, 2400, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 80%

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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	366x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16