Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.4% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 22:48
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 699 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gigabyte(1458 353C) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 39.4 Parallax 52.5 36% 45.2 fps	MRender 51.5 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 37.1 37% 46.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 127GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 434 Write 102 Mixed 112 46% 216 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.1 0% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 86%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2023 (E8) Unknown 100 100 81743480261 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	93.4% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 381 Mixed 383 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 32.7 133% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 117 123% 205 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 106%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 401GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 76 23264545 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21572073 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4886 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 672464936 (C2) HDA temperature 40 56 47244640296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 54 205011006 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.3% Below average	Read 65 Write 64.8 Mixed 66 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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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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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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