Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 15:25
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 233 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 595 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 74.9 70% 81.9 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 67.7 60% 74.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$25 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900812 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 295 299 299 301 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 271 Mixed 297 SusWrite 296 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40 162% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 219 185% 269 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 91%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free Firmware: 5.41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 170 163 171 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 249 Mixed 280 SusWrite 175 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.6 173% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 224 174% 236 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 530GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 109 114 113 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 128 Write 100 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 111 113 113 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 105 SusWrite 113 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,828 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	364x
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 $139Bench 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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16