Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 13:42
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 704 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.3% Good	Lighting 103 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 97.9 84% 94.6 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 39 Splatting 28.1 34% 44.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 188GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 321 299 311 309 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 412 Mixed 404 SusWrite 294 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 57.7 210% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 173GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 336 322 327 315 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 423 Mixed 401 SusWrite 307 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 57.7 207% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 714GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 136 147 158 164 165 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 149 Mixed 83 SusWrite 150 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 789GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 164 162 169 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 158 Mixed 102 SusWrite 165 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 531GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 119 122 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 120 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 71%
Toshiba MK2552GSX 250GB-$47 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 221GB free Firmware: LV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 50 55 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 53.3 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 53.3 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 31%
Generic- Multi-Card 32GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 19GB free, PID 0158 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 22 Write 20.8 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 20.5 29% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.6 130% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 63%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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