Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 191 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 339 41% 316 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 93% 118 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 107 Splatting 86.9 79% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 872GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 332 432 414 404 392 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 417 Mixed 392 SusWrite 366 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 47.6 154% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 302 242% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 8.8 8.7 7.9 8.5 8.3 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 9.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 8.3 16% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.6 111% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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