Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% 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	67.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 450 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 9580) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.4% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 84.5 55% 74 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 56.6 51% 63 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 40 47 39 48 48 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 395 Write 215 Mixed 278 SusWrite 83.9 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 23.2 122% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 49.1 90% 173 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 285 275 257 241 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 456 Mixed 396 SusWrite 278 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.7 201% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 277GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 103 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 104 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 KHX1600C10D3/8G Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 62%

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

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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