Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 05:13
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 198 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 653 59% 498 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 93.6 Parallax 85.8 82% 93.2 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 89 Splatting 77 73% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 49 48 47 45 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 458 Write 94.7 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 47.2 37% 173 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 25 106% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 69.4 87% 163 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 204 204 204 205 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 198 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 203 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 772GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 110 110 109 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 66 SusWrite 110 136% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 118% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 14.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 88%

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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	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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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