Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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.
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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.7% 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	97.6% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 09:17
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-4790K-$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)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 677 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1660 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 21.9 19% 24 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 30.4 24% 29 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3092 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1839 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81410896 (AE) Unknown 100 100 192 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 149 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7792 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9115 (F9) Unknown 100 100 390156530	97.6% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 409 Mixed 440 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.5 135% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 74.8 123% 236 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 346GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2099 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2004 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 30 (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	86.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 145 Mixed 144 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.28 127% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221999184 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13262083 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1659 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15323 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73882027427910 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13877535249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76037337429	69.9% Good	Read 136 Write 108 Mixed 119 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 112%
UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power128 127GB 264 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 73GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 150 Write 43.6 Mixed 40.3 78% 78 MB/s	4K Read 6.95 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.93 101% 3.06 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04JACC31-165 1x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 46%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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