Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive111% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2  (all builds)
Memory26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151027
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateApr 18 '21 at 11:43
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 2060S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 88.1
1-Core 112
2-Core 220
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 625
62% 509 Pts
64-Core 624
39% 624 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 110
Parallax 128
106% 123 fps
MRender 179
Gravity 113
Splatting 102
104% 131 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 104%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
487GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 442 417 408 419 415 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 427
Write 431
Mixed 391
SusWrite 424
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 99.8
4K Mixed 48.1
165% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 362
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 111%
Great: 133%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
126GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 89 91 91 91 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
50.3% Above average
Read 85.4
Write 83.8
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 89.6
59% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
435GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 138 139 140 139 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Read 163
Write 154
Mixed 87.3
SusWrite 138
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
71% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 22.5
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 19.8
SC Write 21.8
SC Mixed 23.3
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 71%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $831
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