Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive232% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2  (all builds)
Memory28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151027
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 22 '17 at 00:09
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User LTU-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 96.3
1-Core 126
2-Core 242
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 660
68% 549 Pts
64-Core 659
41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85EB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 194
Parallax 168
141% 178 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 166
Splatting 121
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
587GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
232% Outstanding
Read 1,993
Write 1,469
Mixed 1,329
354% 1,597 MB/s
4K Read 57.7
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 32.8
200% 74.4 MB/s
DQ Read 58.7
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 34.2
47% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 232%
Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70
40GB free
Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 525
Write 426
Mixed 469
105% 473 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 39.9
175% 67.5 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 25.6
80% 180 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 111%
Great: 119%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
72% Very good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 25.9
MC Mixed 22.4
71% 24.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 22.8
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 52.8
76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 72%
Great: 72%

 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 704 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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HDDRAMUSB
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