Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 09 '19 at 02:13
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 420 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 184 100% 133 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 121 Splatting 131 95% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 456 435 372 373 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 434 Mixed 360 SusWrite 408 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.7 150% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 340 256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 113GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 40 35 38 36 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 163 Write 62.5 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 43.2 100% 86 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.5 135% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 64%

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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%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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