Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	105% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '21 at 02:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 222 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 695 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 93% 111 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 108 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 432 445 459 461 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 476 Mixed 341 SusWrite 413 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.1 161% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 104 136% 244 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Corsair Voyager GTX 1TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 923GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 373 380 391 391 391 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 327 Write 383 Mixed 340 SusWrite 355 80% 351 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 21.3 79% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 42.2 49% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 67%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$264 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 168 166 165 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 211 Mixed 109 SusWrite 164 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 402% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 CL11 Series 4x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 86%

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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	369x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	107x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	21x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359