Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). 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	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 23:24
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 559 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 198 Parallax 190 135% 185 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 134 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,009 Write 726 Mixed 490 164% 742 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 31 134% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 38.9 111% 243 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 159%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 465GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 166 167 168 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 636 Write 170 Mixed 262 SusWrite 166 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 3.6 87% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 68 68 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 91 Write 88.3 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 68.8 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-060.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905474-060.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 48%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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