Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	219% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 17:37
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 739 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 198 Parallax 199 155% 196 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 186 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 267GB free Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 867 855 846 837 815 833 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,050 Write 960 Mixed 621 SusWrite 842 195% 868 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 59.7 202% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1032 DQ Write 929 DQ Mixed 620 564% 860 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 237%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1286 1027 956 1027 1007 997 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 993 Write 1,234 Mixed 1,063 SusWrite 1,050 246% 1,085 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 61.5 223% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,143 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 1,056 787% 1,047 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 298%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 112 115 115 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 71 SusWrite 113 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 755GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 127 126 126 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 124 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 74%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 247GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 91 91 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 86 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 90.1 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2477 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 28.9 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S Builds (Compare 220 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	154x
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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16