Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% 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)
Boot Drive	86.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '16 at 09:02
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 251 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 665 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 77.5 54% 67.8 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 74.8 52% 62.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10955 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1738 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (AF) Unknown 100 100 85927264884 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 66 571473953 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 297679 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 426 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 297679 (F2) Unknown 100 100 133309	86.4% Excellent	Read 489 Write 287 Mixed 321 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 27.7 139% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 48.8 73% 135 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 149 11091 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8154 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1734 (10) Unknown 6 194 113076442883 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8131 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 35 (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	60% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 111 Mixed 107 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 0.25 114% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 549GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1734 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7647 (C2) HDA temperature 108 89 35 (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	96.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 168 Mixed 120 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.34 136% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 290GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 96 Write 82.8 Mixed 78.9 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 67%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 159GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 139 11483 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2029 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1734 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2001 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 40 (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	71.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 103 Mixed 123 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 98%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 118GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 79.2 Write 80.1 Mixed 71.5 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 98%

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 @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 80%

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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 $94Bench 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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16