Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 12:49
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 725 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 201 Parallax 184 151% 190 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 185 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3971 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2579 (B1) Unknown 98 98 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 766 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21666002545	119% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 482 Mixed 512 113% 508 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.8 176% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 154 160% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 991 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 754 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3170697876	117% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 408 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 51.1 186% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 129 144% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210270832 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30143197 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2010 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 537919520 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13586 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 51539607584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68985764705152 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9805611688 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4003164836828	92.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 150 Mixed 159 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 72%

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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	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 $90Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16