Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 691 66% 547 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 114% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1002 535 299 299 301 301 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 2,067 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,180 SusWrite 456 287% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 70.4 235% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 554 406% 536 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 280%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 103GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 76 118 146 52 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 480 Write 194 Mixed 233 SusWrite 101 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 15.1 107% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 29.6 78% 167 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 119 121 120 122 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 120 68% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 377GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 53 54 55 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 42.9 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 53.6 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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