Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	97.8% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 01:35
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 248 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 642 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 91% 115 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.6 80% 98.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 381 298 304 307 307 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 436 Mixed 331 SusWrite 328 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 41.5 149% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 239 203% 298 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 113%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 27GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 302 296 295 294 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 427 Mixed 362 SusWrite 302 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 43.4 165% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 256 221% 327 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 130GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 391 403 408 406 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 486 Mixed 413 SusWrite 398 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 61.7 226% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 65GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 135 134 133 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 122 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 134 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.5 310% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Orbit 16GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 13GB free, PID 557c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 5.1 6.4 6 5.9 7.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 21.7 Write 12.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 5.6 14% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.1 77% 2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 23.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 97%

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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 $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) $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