Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.8% 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	117% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 12:12
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 437 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 22.3 20% 22.2 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 25.1 Splatting 19.1 19% 23.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 324 286 284 281 254 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 428 Mixed 384 SusWrite 304 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.7 199% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 513GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 164 168 169 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 104 Write 70.7 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 165 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 146 137 146 147 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 57.3 Mixed 35 SusWrite 140 66% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 5TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 740GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 40 39 40 41 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 32 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 35.5 23% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.6 239% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 109 108 110 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 125 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 108 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 256% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1x8GB 7,988 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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