Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 03:41
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 207 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 417 53% 403 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 90% 108 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.1 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FTM24N325H 240GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0513A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 396 444 450 436 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 450 Mixed 398 SusWrite 404 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.8 133% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 49.2 90% 173 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 89%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 59 58 57 59 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 58.2 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 461GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 58 SusWrite 107 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 452GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 214 216 216 212 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 88.8 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 202 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 88%
Generic External 640GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 540GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 27.9 Write 24.7 Mixed 23.8 32% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-019.A00LF 9905402-174.A00G 99U5474-041.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

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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 $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