Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.3% 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	71.2% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 03:47
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 614 68% 536 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.6 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 38.9 33% 37.3 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 37.1 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 61 58 51 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 410 Write 255 Mixed 284 SusWrite 81.1 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 28.8 122% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 186 168% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 772GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 111 112 112 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 51 Write 52.5 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 110 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 104%

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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%

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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	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