Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 17:27
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 594 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 135 108% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 143 Splatting 123 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Colorful SL300 120GB 1,356 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0724S SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 89 113 125 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 395 Write 127 Mixed 136 SusWrite 108 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 15.1 92% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 87.5 DQ Mixed 23.2 42% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 87%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 94GB free Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 439 451 305 37 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 434 Mixed 361 SusWrite 286 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 37.7 144% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 194 173% 257 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 91%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 38GB free Firmware: AX101U SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 62 95 98 72 86 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 83.7 Write 97 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 80.2 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 62%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 72 Write 76.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 66.4 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 189 Write 197 Mixed 25.8 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 284GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 127 126 98 101 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 138 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 125 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8GNT 0420 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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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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Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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