Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 11:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 552 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 70.5 62% 75.4 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 63.9 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 284 305 283 98 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 469 Write 314 Mixed 266 SusWrite 218 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 26.1 102% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 58.7 116% 232 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 143 142 143 145 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 142 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 181 180 188 180 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 164 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 184 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
hp v220w 8GB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 5a07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 5.1 5.4 4.2 5.4 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 2.7 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 4.8 9% 8.93 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 160 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $559

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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