Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.9% 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	120% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 2 months ago, 12 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 06:41
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-4690K-$189 146,654 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	1-Core 134 2-Core 265 94% 200 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 524 71% 520 Pts	64-Core 524 35% 524 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$346 703,911 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2376 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 358 Reflection 328 Parallax 346 94% 344 fps	MRender 240 Gravity 331 Splatting 255 91% 276 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$88 8,775 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 729GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 411 473 483 485 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 482 Mixed 337 SusWrite 433 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 49.3 190% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 268 221% 318 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 42,378 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 166 168 168 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 163 Mixed 114 SusWrite 167 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 16,910 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 63%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 2,396 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $299

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 285,587 samples	1,243x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 75%, 146,654 samples	446x
Core i7-4790Intel $326Bench 70%, 124,945 samples	239x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $428Bench 52%, 527,770 samples	394x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 78%, 703,911 samples	230x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 106%, 532,443 samples	205x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 111%, 438,928 samples	161x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 94%, 122,506 samples	134x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 56,747 samples	148x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 47,149 samples	74x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 10,696 samples	58x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $1,161

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $46
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16