Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive83.6% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2  (all builds)
Memory22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateAug 20 '19 at 12:17
Run Duration186 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 93.6
1-Core 98
2-Core 212
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 456
52% 408 Pts
64-Core 557
34% 557 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
111% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 162
Parallax 170
118% 159 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 159
Splatting 119
104% 128 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 111%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 190 191 197 187 196 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Read 458
Write 320
Mixed 275
SusWrite 194
69% 312 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 74
4K Mixed 36.5
127% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 162
162% 264 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 116%
Spcc Sol id State Disk 512GB
370GB free
Firmware: 3202
SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 251 92 93 92 93 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 120
Write 334
SusWrite 155
46% 203 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 31.6
4K Mixed 21.8
77% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 119
93% 128 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 3TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0711
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 192 189 192 190 191 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 174
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 189
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 108%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
62.3% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 19.7
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 15.5
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $831
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