Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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.
Boot Drive	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 00:33
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 682 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 201 Parallax 206 150% 197 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 185 Splatting 129 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 34636462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -108250355692664 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 106 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 22 80 38659948566 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 34636462 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 34636462 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 34636462 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31705 (EA) Unknown 0 0 36512 (F1) Unknown 0 0 36512 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10677	69.1% Good	Read 496 Write 141 Mixed 207 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 15.1 121% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 36.4 56% 105 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 995 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 64 10436 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6734 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13965 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 663 (B5) Unknown 99 99 21717613 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154619150353 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 53 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6741	41.2% Average	Read 114 Write 29.7 Mixed 48.5 48% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.31 64% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 72%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 499GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 6266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1097 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (10) Unknown 7 193 135836115009 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1052 (C2) HDA temperature 125 113 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 131 Mixed 150 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 424GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73195854 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79648250 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 454230040 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 15 73195854 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121929826609110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2554608834 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1547999553	59% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.1 Mixed 91.3 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.39 84% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	153x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	19x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $942

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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