Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '22 at 20:08
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 726 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 104 Parallax 91.3 76% 96.4 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 84.8 Splatting 92 74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 312 303 292 287 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 438 Mixed 418 SusWrite 300 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62 210% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 297 300 300 300 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 446 Mixed 400 SusWrite 301 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.4 201% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Adata SU760 256GB 739 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 165GB free Firmware: XA003R17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 295 298 298 300 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 388 Mixed 365 SusWrite 296 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 42.9 155% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 252 195% 266 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 110%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 616GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 318 321 322 323 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 442 Mixed 414 SusWrite 320 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.9 184% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Seagate ST380811AS 80GB-$99 2,717 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 19GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 49.4 Write 22.9 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 49.6 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 40%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 7GB free, PID 004d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.8 2.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Read 14.9 Write 4 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.2 8% 6.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 28.2 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

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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	366x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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