Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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

1 month ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '24 at 14:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 115 2-Core 211 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 618 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 124 Parallax 120 110% 126 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 95.3 89% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 33 35 36 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 30GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 99 91 99 86 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 164 Write 115 Mixed 126 SusWrite 92.7 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 31.1 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 110 88% 123 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%
Hitachi HTS541010B9E380 1TB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 555GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 68 67 68 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 64 Write 65.5 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 67.5 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 66%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 372GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 63 63 63 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 82.2 Write 40.8 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 62.9 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	57	144	27"	2560 1387	AUS27ED PA278CGV

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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	360x
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	106x
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 $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