Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.1% 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	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 18:43
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (33^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 650 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W7100 840 User benchmarks, average bench 30% AMD(1002 030C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 48.5 26% 41.4 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 34.3 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 210GB free Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1821 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 497 (95) Unknown 100 100 23 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5802 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4126 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29136	86% Excellent	Read 506 Write 336 Mixed 298 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 23.5 119% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 56.2 89% 170 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 118%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 65926622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -118068650961547 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1150 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 60132622371 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 65926622 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 65926622 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 65926622 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7532 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10813 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10813 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11502	76.2% Very good	Read 504 Write 212 Mixed 273 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.1 122% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 69.2 82% 140 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 750GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 168GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 28.9 Mixed 18.1 32% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 43%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 7.06 Mixed 9.16 16% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 3.11 206% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9.9-9 D3-1600 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1319 CL9.9-9 D3-1600 1302 1600 CL9 Series 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 64%

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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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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