Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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	196% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '21 at 01:40
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 86.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 655 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	196% Outstanding	Lighting 284 Reflection 259 Parallax 319 232% 287 fps	MRender 322 Gravity 241 Splatting 178 194% 247 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 145 119 95 122 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 458 Write 436 Mixed 331 SusWrite 138 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 39.6 145% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 207 138% 167 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 35GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 344 190 139 130 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 482 Write 442 Mixed 361 SusWrite 203 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 42.8 143% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 190 139% 186 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 134%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 91GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 129 132 127 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 251 Write 132 Mixed 140 SusWrite 128 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 19.2 67% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 27.7 40% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 48%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 596GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 116 120 114 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 118 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 17: 3R 0G 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
17%	16%	31	254	128	60	22"	1680 1050	SAM027F SyncMaster

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	365x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $209	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16