Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit farver, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 01:02
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790K-$376 136,972 User benchmarks, average bench 88% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	SC Int 110 SC Float 110 SC Mixed 112 88% 111 Pts	QC Int 360 QC Float 363 QC Mixed 360 82% 361 Pts	MC Int 526 MC Float 538 MC Mixed 566 81% 543 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$538 208,140 User benchmarks, average bench 127% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2794 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (60 fps cap detected)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 59 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 59 18% 59 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 60.7 25% 60.7 fps
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 142%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$80 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 58GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1082 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1269 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 294 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 60 171798691869 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 42741728451 (F7) Unknown 100 100 47372702 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3299239792	72.4% Very good	Read 492 Write 193 Mixed 301 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 25.9 127% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 17.1 28% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$120 6,227 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 173 5725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2347 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1266 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7935 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.2% Good	Read 133 Write 108 Mixed 108 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 31,182 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 22 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $299

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $376Bench 88%, 136,972 samples	602x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 82%, 73,549 samples	205x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 53,750 samples	106x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	194x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	99x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	140x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	73x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $174Bench 79%, 69,055 samples	72x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 31,182 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 18,584 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 15,236 samples	27x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,125

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12