Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% 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	89.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 16:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 636 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.9 84% 104 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 97 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CX400-128 128GB 1,355 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 194 84 84 83 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 152 Mixed 326 SusWrite 132 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 39.8 165% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 181 159% 235 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 86%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$54 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 163 162 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 171 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 162 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 69%

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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	369x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	107x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	21x

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