Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 00:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 136 2-Core 217 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 698 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.9% Below average	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 131 Parallax 138 3% 91 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 139 Splatting 109 111% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 109 113 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 389 Write 129 Mixed 192 SusWrite 111 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 33.4 126% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 138 111% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 769GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 448 460 475 478 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 462 Mixed 396 SusWrite 463 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 53.8 188% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 122%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 681GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 60 SusWrite 69.8 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,665 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 76%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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