Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	160% 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	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '23 at 23:29
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 551 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 204 Parallax 257 176% 225 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 224 Splatting 174 174% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 103 100 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 414 Write 261 Mixed 285 SusWrite 107 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 32.5 117% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 176 161% 249 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 154GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 237 317 318 326 320 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 450 Mixed 357 SusWrite 288 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 53.6 176% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 361GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 237 318 318 326 320 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 452 Mixed 432 SusWrite 288 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 52.4 173% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 692GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 237 318 318 326 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 452 Mixed 436 SusWrite 288 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 53.5 169% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 289GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 143 141 138 130 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 134 71% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 82%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 40%

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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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $554

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