Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% 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	81.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 14:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 469 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 105 92% 110 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 78.8 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSC180DS37256GJ 256GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 114 105 106 106 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 449 Write 384 Mixed 321 SusWrite 138 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 39.6 133% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 211 186% 275 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 641GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 161 160 159 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 164 Mixed 110 SusWrite 159 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL11 8GB 4x8GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 25.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $134	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