Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% 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	105% 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	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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '21 at 02:27
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 221 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 695 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 93% 112 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 108 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 428 451 461 461 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 479 Mixed 338 SusWrite 413 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41 163% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 145 156% 260 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Corsair Voyager GTX 1TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 929GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 370 386 392 394 393 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 181 Write 89.3 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 343 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 11.1 37% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 9.6 DQ Mixed 8.2 7% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 67%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$280 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 166 165 166 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 210 Mixed 99.1 SusWrite 162 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 368% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 CL11 Series 4x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 86%

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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%

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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	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 $293	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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