Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.7%, 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.
Boot Drive	98% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '20 at 13:05
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 406 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 151 Parallax 129 119% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 114 111 106 172 267 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 309 Mixed 388 SusWrite 172 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 54.3 165% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 134%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 183 185 187 183 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 210 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 184 129% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.7 360% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 136%
SanDisk uSD SDDR-289 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 0GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 84.7 Write 12 Mixed 16.2 34% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 87% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 21%
BUFFALO HD-LXU3 4TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 3.5TB free, PID 01f7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 193 194 201 199 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 187 Write 187 Mixed 104 SusWrite 195 226% 168 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 155% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3.5TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 119 122 123 122 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 148 Write 114 Mixed 74 SusWrite 120 148% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 4x4GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $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