Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 20:00
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 601 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% ASRock(1849 5222) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.10.1 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 135 Parallax 296 109% 188 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 142 Splatting 168 145% 179 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,436 Write 6,295 Mixed 6,242 1,414% 6,325 MB/s	4K Read 480 4K Write 279 4K Mixed 336 1,306% 365 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 792 609% 836 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$99 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 656GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 449 457 456 453 425 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 442 Mixed 430 SusWrite 449 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 47.6 157% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 179 147% 218 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 386GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 83 89 83 85 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 84.8 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-8GAB 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-8GAB 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 24.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

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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 704 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 - $183

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	359x
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	38x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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) $40	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