Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

Run History

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '18 at 01:16
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 455 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% MSI(1462 2983) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.8% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.5 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 49.5 44% 55 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 245 260 269 200 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 460 Mixed 344 SusWrite 237 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.5 190% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 217 199% 305 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 539GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 117 116 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 125 Write 128 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 707 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	362x
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	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16