Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 22:50
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 685 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.2 85% 106 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 97 Splatting 105 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$301 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -42760694396971 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1110 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 35 56 64428179491 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 287537 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 287537 (F2) Unknown 100 100 382427 (F9) Unknown 100 100 86523	65.6% Good	Read 500 Write 259 Mixed 287 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 19.9 76% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 53.5 64% 116 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 124GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -95425583378888 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 274 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 51 64427851808 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 80765 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 66 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80765 (F2) Unknown 100 100 179388 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16495	78.8% Very good	Read 487 Write 264 Mixed 314 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 19.5 108% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 52.9 96% 191 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 71GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -136038793227933 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2532 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1947 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 6364165 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1947 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 85541 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 85541 (F2) Unknown 100 100 141066 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3926	72.4% Very good	Read 499 Write 148 Mixed 223 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 21.8 119% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 47.6 74% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 387272 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1169929 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (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 71 54 555483165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1210 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 55834574877 (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 -133152576108379 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1714552912 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17870074044
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8231032 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1205291 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (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 70 55 589103134 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1208 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 51539607582 (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 -90413356545882 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1715924366 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13575672637
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84013424 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10056100 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1522 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 572194848 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19082 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 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 -11918534239081 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14259256260 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7824951943	93.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 155 Mixed 138 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.35 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 221 Mixed 55.9 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 3.93 4K Mixed 0.93 210% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 26.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 89%

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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 $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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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