Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 02:26
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 703 78% 613 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 373.6 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 794 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1284490727630 (A6) Unknown 100 100 87 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 148 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 116 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 44 188979806242 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6618931795732 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13490 (EA) Unknown 100 100 22702 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18905 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5453 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.7% Above average	Read 430 Write 152 Mixed 206 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 13.2 74% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 36.9 70% 140 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 93%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 74GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4198832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -30021821391011 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 41 64427196444 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 64427196444 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4198832 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4198832 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4198832 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2784 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3729 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3729 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8750	62.7% Good	Read 477 Write 207 Mixed 288 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 11.4 76% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 10.2 62% 140 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 597GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 873 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 29 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 162 Mixed 158 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.26 112% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 690GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 96.9 Write 102 Mixed 90.3 124% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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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	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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Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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