Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 10:06
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 670 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 70.7 62% 75 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 62.5 56% 70.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$72 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 365 448 439 434 438 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 435 Mixed 414 SusWrite 408 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58 198% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 282 234% 336 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 194 195 196 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 196 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 194 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 105%
USB3.0 high speed 320GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 101GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 95.5 Write 94.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 92.8 109% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 38%
USB 3.0 super high speed 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 19GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 64 64 64 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.5% Poor	Read 58.7 Write 39 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 63.8 67% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 64%

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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	370x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	107x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	21x

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Total price: $831

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