Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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.
Boot Drive	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 11:30
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 696 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6797) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 204 Parallax 211 157% 203 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 184 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$123 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 452 413 426 435 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 492 Mixed 460 SusWrite 418 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.4 207% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 80.2 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 61.1 88% 154 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 114GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 377 379 368 383 379 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 501 Write 202 Mixed 296 SusWrite 374 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 29.9 117% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 116 95% 137 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 413GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 124 124 126 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 126 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 696GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 160 160 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 161 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 160 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.7 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

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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	362x
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	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16