Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '21 at 16:49
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 250 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 707 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3751) ≥ 4GB; EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 BLACK GAMING CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	141% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 212 Parallax 205 185% 215 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 154 Splatting 0.3 84% 118 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 664GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 507 508 504 508 507 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 82% Great: 137%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 770 376 372 396 396 396 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 553GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2062 994 995 993 1000 990 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,052 Write 999 Mixed 681 SusWrite 1,172 220% 976 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 66 184% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 922 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 864 632% 830 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 310%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 931GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 841 1054 1078 1078 1065 1050 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,072 Write 1,050 Mixed 1,089 SusWrite 1,028 239% 1,060 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 76.7 251% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 899 DQ Write 757 DQ Mixed 805 609% 820 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 365%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 595GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 118 122 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 92.5 Write 25.5 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 116 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 245% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-8GSR 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C10-8GSR 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBSR 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 32.1 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 43.1 93% 43.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 95%

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

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	92x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	6x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $559

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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