Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	33.5% 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	95.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '15 at 08:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 110 2-Core 219 75% 165 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 597 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 60% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3774) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 41.3 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 47.8 34% 43 fps	MRender 52.9 Gravity 35.1 Splatting 36.3 33% 41.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^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 100 100 911 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 8 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 284 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1507 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1121	95.7% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 422 Mixed 459 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.7 142% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 22.7 57% 111 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 106%
Seagate ST32000540AS 2TB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 894GB free Firmware: CC83 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174119632 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 47 580250933707 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1925 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 460 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 555221024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2176 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 27 174119632 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -134569915291955 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3944397776 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2330340272	72.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA MK4018GAS 40GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 14GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.63% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 19.9 Mixed 9.11 20% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.16 21% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.63% Great: 9%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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