Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	30% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 20:20
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.5% Below average	Memory 30.7 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 104 37% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 336 31% 260 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.55 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30% Below average	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 32.8 28% 36.5 fps	MRender 43.1 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 40.3 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 173 183 176 149 186 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.2% Above average	Read 280 Write 149 Mixed 206 SusWrite 171 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 18.1 61% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 147 128% 192 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 994GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 78 77 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 78.3 Write 79.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 78.3 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C8 2x4GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.1% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 6.8 22% 7.67 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 3.2 10% 3.47 GB/s	Latency 251 16% 251 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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