Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 21:53
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 406 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 110 Parallax 125 102% 120 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 116 Splatting 106 106% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,836 Write 4,965 Mixed 5,248 1,193% 5,350 MB/s	4K Read 486 4K Write 278 4K Mixed 349 1,331% 371 MB/s	DQ Read 1,656 DQ Write 1,256 DQ Mixed 1,400 1,062% 1,437 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
OCZ AGILITY3 480GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 205GB free Firmware: 2.28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 145 138 146 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 125 Write 202 Mixed 180 SusWrite 144 37% 163 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 18.9 64% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 64.2 52% 75.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 41%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 41GB free Firmware: 0740 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 98 99 100 107 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 100 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 0.7 232% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 341GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 78 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 74.8 Write 72.2 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 77.3 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 209GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 41 41 41 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 36.5 Mixed 34 SusWrite 40.7 27% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 182% 1.77 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: 152 157 159 154 163 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 120 Write 131 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 158 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 344% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 80.3% 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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

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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	16x

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	11x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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