Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	92.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

18 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '22 at 03:12
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 221 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 636 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 114 Parallax 145 106% 130 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 247 104 104 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 451 Mixed 369 SusWrite 177 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 47.1 151% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 249 217% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 40GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 436 432 458 467 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 457 Mixed 330 SusWrite 448 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 39.5 137% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 324 253% 348 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

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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 708 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	363x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	54x
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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16