Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 02:45
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 215 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 607 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 66 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 50.4 54% 51.6 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 43.3 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 274 Write 276 Mixed 147 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59 152% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 99 98 104 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 161 Write 120 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 100 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 175 175 175 173 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 108 Write 127 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 173 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 47% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 0837 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 56GB free Firmware: 1072 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 54 54 54 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.6% Poor	Read 50 Write 52.4 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 53 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 40GB free Firmware: 1049 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 59 58 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 82.5 Write 83.5 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 57.8 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 28GB 1333, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 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	155x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $923

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16