Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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 Drive	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 15:25
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 607 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 90% 112 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 85 77% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 22GB free Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 99 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1356 (B1) Unknown 100 100 49943 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 296 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74226 (F2) Unknown 100 100 43086	97.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 307 Mixed 374 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 38.4 151% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 88.6 117% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 98%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 18GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1586 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 254 (AE) Unknown 100 100 337 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 846 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1306 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26982781 (F2) Unknown 100 100 213812056	31.6% Below average	Read 426 Write 37.8 Mixed 84.3 39% 183 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 6.31 39% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 8.95 DQ Mixed 5.45 8% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 48%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12594 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (A6) Unknown 100 100 34 (A7) Unknown 100 100 63 (A8) Unknown 100 100 230 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1304 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 111 (AE) Unknown 100 100 289 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 48 206159282211 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 838 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 58222 (F1) Unknown 253 253 28468 (F2) Unknown 253 253 43501 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 281 Mixed 336 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 25.6 140% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 55.5 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 083C 2TB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 352GB free, PID 083c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 67.5 Write 18.1 Mixed 55 54% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.23 22% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $273	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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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