Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 21:19
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 706 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 81.4 67% 82.7 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 67.2 60% 74.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 311 313 300 251 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 493 Mixed 405 SusWrite 296 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.9 233% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 272GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 120 120 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 187 Write 142 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 119 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 330GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 160 159 159 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 126 Write 103 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 158 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 703GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 161 163 163 161 163 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 126 Mixed 84 SusWrite 160 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 514GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 70 Write 44.8 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 73.6 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 25.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 63%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 160 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 48%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $98Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $545

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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