Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 688 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 54.2 56% 63.1 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 71.4 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 430 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 63 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 748663667	111% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 417 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.7 177% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 27.8 88% 189 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3172623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -1709396959960 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 239 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 42 1009320067099 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 1009320067099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3172623 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3172623 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3172623 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25013 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17801 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17801 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14961	42.4% Average	Read 156 Write 98.2 Mixed 77.9 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 7.74 92% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 7.57 32% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 299GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5033 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130411 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 26 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2687 (F1) Unknown 200 200 50521628586 (F2) Unknown 200 200 39655670053	69% Good	Read 114 Write 126 Mixed 112 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 7GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 147 Write 85.2 Mixed 51 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 5.78 4K Mixed 0.22 296% 3.31 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 31.7 Mixed 35.6 26% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 30.9 Mixed 33.8 25% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.26 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 37.9 Write 32.6 Mixed 33 26% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.85 242% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%

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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	364x
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	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	54x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16