Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	102% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 03:33
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 603 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6391) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 181 Parallax 180 138% 177 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 168 Splatting 111 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 46 39 38 38 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 473 Mixed 378 SusWrite 84.2 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.2 197% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 238 211% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
OCZ OCTANE 128GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 40GB free Firmware: E0882584 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 130 130 129 126 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 454 Write 134 Mixed 166 SusWrite 129 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 15.2 72% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 26.2 DQ Mixed 38.9 39% 66.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 54GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 319 355 343 350 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 357 Mixed 285 SusWrite 337 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 29.3 113% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 148 122% 182 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 411GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 77 77 76 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 88.3 Write 86.7 Mixed 69 SusWrite 76.9 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%
External RAID 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 441GB free, PID 0077 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 5.1 6.7 36 43 43 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 34.3 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 23 44% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 21%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 68GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 21 23 22 22 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 85.5 Write 27.3 Mixed 35 SusWrite 22.8 48% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.6 170% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 47%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 914 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 15 15 15 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 22.8 Write 13.7 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 14.3 20% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.5 99% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 71%

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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	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 $124	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