Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	200% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 16:56
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 74% 137 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 597 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 373E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 672 660 663 669 673 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,018 Write 1233 Mixed 1,084 SusWrite 664 226% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 75.3 249% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,013 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 936 701% 935 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 310%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 140 140 130 142 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 430 Write 166 Mixed 208 SusWrite 139 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.7 161% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 162 126% 173 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 223GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 202 193 191 191 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 393 Mixed 379 SusWrite 196 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.5 208% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 122 156% 276 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 105GB free Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 176 185 187 187 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 232 Mixed 296 SusWrite 181 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.2 173% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 235 175% 233 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 93%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 472GB free Firmware: 12.V07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 112 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 120 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 112 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 31 36 40 36 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 137 Write 9.8 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 34.2 55% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.6 168% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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