Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 21:58
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 687 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 68.1 54% 68 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 55.7 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 128GB-$92 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 105 107 108 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 141 Write 125 Mixed 136 SusWrite 105 29% 127 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 31.2 132% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 92.9 82% 123 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 496GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 95 91 94 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 87 Write 89.2 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 94.1 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 140GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 92 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 90.3 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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