Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.7%, 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	113% 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.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '21 at 08:46
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 622 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FED) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 112 Parallax 129 107% 124 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 114 Splatting 102 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 488GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 449 423 414 416 412 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 407 Mixed 394 SusWrite 426 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 52.2 168% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 126GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 89 Write 82.6 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 90.2 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 140 138 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 148 Mixed 106 SusWrite 138 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 80%

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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	363x
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	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	54x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16