Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	64.6% 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 03:17
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 667 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 207 Parallax 210 157% 203 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 183 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 96419932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 41240276013383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 115 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 80 38659948573 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 96419932 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 96419932 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 96419932 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34857 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38920 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38920 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11427	64.6% Good	Read 450 Write 114 Mixed 163 52% 243 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 15.9 118% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 35.1 51% 95.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.6% 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 above expectations (92^nd 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 10342 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7196 (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 14168 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (B5) Unknown 99 99 21718004 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154619150360 (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 7203	70% Good	Read 105 Write 139 Mixed 124 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%
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 (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157903081 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79771366 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 41075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1032 (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 69 57 538116127 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 38654705695 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 15 157903081 (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 49048526564710 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2446906327 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1379882580	60.2% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.42 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 70%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 411GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (10) Unknown 8 192 141108897742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1190 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 32 (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	74.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 120 Mixed 126 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%

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 21.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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