Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '19 at 21:00
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 490 63% 475 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 115 Parallax 231 112% 161 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 159 114% 135 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 461 Mixed 298 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.4 194% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 174 174% 280 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 53GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 229 229 230 230 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 378 Mixed 354 SusWrite 237 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 43.5 161% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 212 184% 270 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 785GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 149 143 148 153 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 157 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 148 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 885GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 122 122 123 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 116 SusWrite 121 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 30GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 25 26 25 25 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 36.2 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 26 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 4.7 332% 5.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 27.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 24.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 79%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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