Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '21 at 16:43
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 236 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 696 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 185 147% 187 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 158 156 159 142 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 467 Write 315 Mixed 344 SusWrite 159 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 42.2 139% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 311 237% 320 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 223GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 427 455 467 473 471 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 453 Mixed 385 SusWrite 450 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 44.3 155% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 340 254% 336 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 36GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 101 Write 81.6 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 55.2 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 6GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 87 81 82 81 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 78.6 Write 77.3 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 87.8 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 6.4 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 10 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 8.9 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	37.5"	1280 720	AUS3831 ASUS MX38V

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $129Bench 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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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 $184	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) $35	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