Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics121% 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.
Boot Drive204% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2  (all builds)
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151027
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateDec 09 '18 at 13:37
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User SVK-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4440-$128
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
63% Good
Memory 87.2
1-Core 87.3
2-Core 157
67% 110 Pts
4-Core 212
8-Core 306
32% 259 Pts
64-Core 314
19% 314 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 63%
Great: 70%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Asus(1043 8534) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
3.62% Terrible
Lighting 3.67
Reflection 5.88
Parallax 5.91
3% 5.15 fps
MRender 8.19
Gravity 2.23
Splatting 7.09
5% 5.84 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.62%
Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 189
Parallax 196
131% 182 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 184
Splatting 125
117% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 293 290 285 278 279 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
204% Outstanding
Read 2,230
Write 1,441
Mixed 958
SusWrite 307
272% 1,234 MB/s
4K Read 51.7
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 73.8
247% 88.3 MB/s
DQ Read 62.7
DQ Write 791
DQ Mixed 81.1
166% 312 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 204%
Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
159GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 488 465 436 437 438 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
135% Outstanding
Read 975
Write 828
Mixed 581
SusWrite 481
160% 716 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 49.9
167% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 449
DQ Mixed 249
211% 298 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 135%
Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 311 309 308 310 306 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
28.1% Poor
Read 147
Write 222
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 308
40% 176 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 1.9
11% 4.67 MB/s
DQ Read 3.8
DQ Write 7.1
DQ Mixed 3.9
3% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 28.1%
Great: 565%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.8% Average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 17.5
MC Mixed 16
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 15.2
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $831
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