Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '21 at 01:02
Run Duration	512 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 169 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 558 54% 444 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25% Poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 54.5 24% 38.8 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 23.3 26% 32.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OSC 480GB 480GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 267 258 257 244 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 312 Write 297 Mixed 267 SusWrite 262 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 47.5 164% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 102 122% 211 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 84GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 82 81 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 81.4 Write 80.1 Mixed 64 SusWrite 81.1 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 310GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 120 Write 113 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 107 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 665GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 179 180 181 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 141 Mixed 89 SusWrite 179 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 8.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 49: 7R 4G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
49%	11%	114	300	218	60	24"	1920 1080	ACI24C1 VK248

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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	359x
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	38x

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

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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