Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	46.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 16:48
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 272 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 537 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2351 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.4% Average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 55.6 40% 58.5 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 73.7 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 439 449 473 479 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 383 SusWrite 433 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53.2 189% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 278 227% 325 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 121%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 119 121 121 120 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 108 Write 96.7 Mixed 95 SusWrite 117 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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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	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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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