Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.4% 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 Drive73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S  (all builds)
Memory22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateAug 10 '18 at 10:42
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 85.6
1-Core 120
2-Core 232
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 628
64% 519 Pts
64-Core 651
40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 139
Parallax 128
102% 131 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 125
Splatting 106
88% 107 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.05A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 160 150 170 169 149 MB/s
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
73.8% Very good
Read 248
Write 204
Mixed 207
SusWrite 162
46% 205 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 92.3
4K Mixed 38.9
138% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 163
146% 221 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 93%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 195 189 203 199 198 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 206
Mixed 106
SusWrite 198
124% 169 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
359% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 105%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (46th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.9% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 15
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 16.6
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S Builds (Compare 219 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $942
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