Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 01:32
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing way below expectations (6^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, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 63.4 2-Core 111 52% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 343 30% 255 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 133 Parallax 131 62% 113 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 125 Splatting 96.8 99% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 239 229 212 202 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 769 Write 294 Mixed 377 SusWrite 225 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 22.4 74% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 496 346% 436 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 353%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 195GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 318 334 188 183 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 282 Write 285 Mixed 246 SusWrite 237 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 14.8 54% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 185 172% 264 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 102GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 360 404 310 298 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 314 Write 302 Mixed 276 SusWrite 319 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 19.5 65% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 346 260% 346 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 278GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 96 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 70.5 Write 67.3 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 95.4 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 350% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-054.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-054.A00LF 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.2 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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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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