Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 18:11
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 638 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 40.1 Parallax 32.7 30% 36.4 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 30.7 27% 33.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 107 106 105 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 283 Write 147 Mixed 182 SusWrite 109 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.7 155% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 119 94% 129 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 2.3 2.8 1.9 1.5 2.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 173 Write 1.3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 2 32% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 238GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 58 58 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 56 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 57.1 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 55%
Toshiba MK6032GSX 59GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 44GB free Firmware: AS312D SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 20 20 20 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 28 Write 30 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 20.4 18% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 17%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 67GB free Firmware: 3.CDD SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 33 34 34 33 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 27.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 33.2 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT2TXOB 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXOB 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 78%

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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	155x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16