Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.4% 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)
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '19 at 15:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 424 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 38.6 33% 37.2 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 37.6 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 328 Mixed 308 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.3 160% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 149 139% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$32 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 877GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 121 122 123 123 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 101 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 119 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 74%
Seagate GoFlex Mac 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 149GB free, PID 6021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 39 Write 26.2 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 39.2 46% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	366x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16