Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '22 at 12:34
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 624 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 0513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.9 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 21.4 13% 21.7 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 16 Splatting 20 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 736 665 499 501 502 503 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 130%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 183 183 182 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 131 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 180 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 96%
External USB 3.0 10TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 7TB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 221 227 229 228 220 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 86% Great: 123%
Flash USB Disk 8.5TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 8TB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 8.7 8.7 8.4 5 2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Read 5 Write 2 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 6.6 8% 5.57 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 63%
External USB 3.0 6TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 168GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 150 155 155 156 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 119 Write 128 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 154 157% 115 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 117% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 85%
Samsung SSD 870 QVO 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 220% 3.5TB free, PID a2a4 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 147 150 151 152 148 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	176% Outstanding	Read 307 Write 266 Mixed 271 SusWrite 150 327% 249 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 25.4 1,988% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 40.9 3,535% 44 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 258%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 81%

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Gaming 97%

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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 $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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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 $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