Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 04:47
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 649 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PNY(196E 11C1) ≥ 4GB; PNY XLR8 GTX 1050TI CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 38.5 36% 38.2 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 36.7 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 406 428 434 433 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 429 Mixed 310 SusWrite 425 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.1 151% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 198 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%

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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%

Jet ski

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	103x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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