Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	159% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 01:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 631 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 186 Parallax 177 140% 178 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 183 Splatting 124 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 472 605 693 646 699 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,039 Write 873 Mixed 643 SusWrite 561 174% 779 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.3 196% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 533 DQ Mixed 484 369% 494 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 445%
Kingston SUV500480G 480GB 7,138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 68GB free Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 216 182 57 145 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 438 Write 423 Mixed 310 SusWrite 130 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 44.8 162% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 177 159% 242 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 396GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 136 136 136 134 133 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 169 Write 135 Mixed 79 SusWrite 133 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 449GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 201 214 214 213 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 160 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 199 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 72%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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