Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 02:50
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 604 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 149 Parallax 130 107% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6760 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4307944040 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 82 302448658 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 139226 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 198 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 139226 (F2) Unknown 100 100 223792	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 480 Mixed 475 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.8 162% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 135 144% 239 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 222GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 153 Mixed 146 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.42 128% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 112GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 168 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 946 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 926 (C2) HDA temperature 122 115 21 (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	69.2% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 120 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 86%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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