Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 17:22
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 447 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$80 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 99 64% 85.4 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 64.1 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 480GB-$89 17,796 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: B180517a SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 86 57 70 94 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 459 Write 484 Mixed 385 SusWrite 109 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 38.6 130% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 290 211% 274 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 220GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 122 122 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 154 Mixed 94 SusWrite 123 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 249% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 16.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	368x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	107x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16