Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	97.4% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '24 at 23:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 522 59% 462 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 400D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 145 Parallax 147 120% 147 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 114% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247 664 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 310 364 393 402 410 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 458 Mixed 303 SusWrite 367 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 37.3 133% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 186 179% 282 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 704GB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 317 380 404 416 418 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 469 Mixed 444 SusWrite 379 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 56.6 183% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 137%
Samsung 870 EVO 4TB-$369 9,454 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2TB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 317 380 403 416 418 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 466 Mixed 453 SusWrite 379 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 56.4 185% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 71%

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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: 0P 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	71	59	60	27"	1280 720	BNQ7F87 BenQ EX2710Q

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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	154x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16