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Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	116% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 15 years and 2 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 15:55
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$54 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 227 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 422 58% 429 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 C884) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 3.34 8% 7.68 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 8.47 Splatting 7.09 7% 8.31 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX850 128GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 401 423 427 428 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 429 Mixed 415 SusWrite 379 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 238 189% 257 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C8 2x4GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 74%

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Gaming 42%

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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	384x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	110x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $831

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350