Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 02:51
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 713 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 177 Parallax 170 128% 168 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 119 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,499 Write 2,328 Mixed 1,828 494% 2,219 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 93.9 311% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 960 699% 917 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 920GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 723 721 722 720 721 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 709 Mixed 705 SusWrite 722 162% 716 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 70.7 239% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 1,053 706% 849 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 347%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 328GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 119 120 119 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 71 SusWrite 118 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-8GXM 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-8GXM 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 28 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $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 $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) $29	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