Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 250 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 681 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.6% Above average	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 70.8 62% 75.3 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 62.2 56% 69.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 93GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 278 276 276 276 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 346 Mixed 413 SusWrite 293 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.2 198% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 234 209% 315 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 120 127 119 102 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 90 Write 96.2 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 121 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 443GB free Firmware: GG2OA7J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 43 43 42 41 43 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 90.2 Write 42.8 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 41.6 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 58GB free Firmware: 3.AHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 67 66 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 55 Write 24.3 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 66.1 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 40%
FUJIFILM 8GB 8GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	5.64% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 7.7 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.3 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.64% Great: 6%
FUJIFILM 8GB 8GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 5.5 4.5 5.1 4.9 5.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.8 8% 8.32 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

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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	358x
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	105x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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