Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	85.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 471 61% 461 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 106 Parallax 91 86% 101 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 95.1 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21675 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1038 (E8) Unknown 100 100 38022120611 (E9) Unknown 94 0 94	85.4% Excellent	Read 428 Write 375 Mixed 398 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 23 142% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 21.5 36% 64.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 104%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 187GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3348 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (10) Unknown 4 196 83183487643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3319 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 28 (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	70.2% Very good	Read 119 Write 125 Mixed 123 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.31 119% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 112%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 56GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 5.31 Mixed 8.55 13% 13 MB/s	4K Read 8.01 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.006 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 10%
USB Driver 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1GB free, PID 1f23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 32 Write 18.4 Mixed 17.1 26% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 41% 3.58 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59% 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	359x
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	38x

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 $269	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