Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '21 at 04:08
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 236 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 433 61% 449 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3163) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 110 Parallax 121 99% 117 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 114 Splatting 104 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,890 Write 4,284 Mixed 4,452 1,013% 4,542 MB/s	4K Read 436 4K Write 255 4K Mixed 295 1,174% 329 MB/s	DQ Read 1,524 DQ Write 1,232 DQ Mixed 1302 996% 1,353 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 205GB free Firmware: 2.28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 131 130 130 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 176 Write 144 Mixed 165 SusWrite 130 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 16.8 56% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 53.4 48% 75.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 41%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 41GB free Firmware: 0740 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 99 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 115 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 96.7 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.7 230% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 341GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 72.3 Write 76 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 77.7 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 209GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 35.1 Write 40.3 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 40.9 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.5 174% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 161 162 163 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 119 Write 132 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 160 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 287% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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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