Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 00:54
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 465 61% 461 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2083 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 94% 114 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 80 84 82 76 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 83.7 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 79.1 18% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 16 79% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 95.3 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 71.8 61% 88.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 591GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 88 89 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 91 Write 85.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 89.4 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 115 122 116 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 56 SusWrite 118 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 338GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 65 66 66 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 65.9 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 630GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 98 96 98 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 99.7 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 97.3 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 75%
Samsung HN-M500MBB 500GB-$80 4,322 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 325GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 94 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 61.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 92.9 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 60%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 9GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.4 4.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 17 Write 2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 4.2 7% 7.12 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 707 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	362x
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	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16