Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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

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 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 18:02
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 467 64% 473 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 2140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 14.4 14% 14.5 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 14 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 142 145 144 145 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 475 Mixed 302 SusWrite 169 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 56.4 205% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 175 181% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Seagate ST500VT003-1RE17D 500GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 218GB free Firmware: SDC2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 102 101 104 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 117 Write 122 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 104 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 3,471 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

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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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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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