Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 18:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 394 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.6% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 76.9 60% 76.3 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 62.7 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 52 256 2.2 2.4 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 483 Write 405 Mixed 16 SusWrite 56.4 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 20% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 130%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 122 122 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 123 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 197 198 199 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 199 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 198 114% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 521GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 130 133 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 134 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 132 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 108%
WDC WD50 00AAKX-22ERMA0 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 110GB free, PID 1019 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 39 39 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 39.8 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 40.1 51% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 22.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 72%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 712 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	366x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16