Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% 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	201% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 04:28
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 241 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 636 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 60.1 54% 64.7 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 54 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF480A5 480GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 447GB free Firmware: TG26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 100 77311705118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 77 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 77 (F2) Unknown 100 100 78 (F9) Unknown 100 100 334	66.1% Good	Read 513 Write 225 Mixed 340 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 16.4 84% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 58.2 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 67%
Intel SSDSC2BF480A5 480GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 447GB free Firmware: TG26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2183 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 100 73017065502 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56928 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56928 (F2) Unknown 100 100 81683 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21473	70.3% Very good	Read 506 Write 245 Mixed 299 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 24.1 93% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 52.8 66% 120 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 67%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 937 Mixed 1,143 256% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 45.1 232% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 30.4 137% 306 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 230%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 366GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90097659 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33117415 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3539 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196749 (BD) vendor-specific 3 3 97 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 589168674 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 17 90097659 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10080288232846 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1437670621 (F2) Unknown 100 253 749989240	56.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 93.5 Mixed 98.5 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 560GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 546 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 86%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16