Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.5% 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	80.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 18:16
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 71.9 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 168 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 439 45% 365 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 64.5 54% 66 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 66 55% 66.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 114 103 95 79 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 389 Write 389 Mixed 268 SusWrite 114 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 36.6 137% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 171 178% 292 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 443GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 89 88 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 88.5 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 910GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 127 125 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 141 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 125 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-090.A01LF 9905403-090.A01LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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