Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 02:07
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 666 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% 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: 388.13 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 83% 108 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 102 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 143340414 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -60455959649862 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2106 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 415 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 44 1005025230881 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 1005025230881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 143340414 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 143340414 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 143340414 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 21474836481 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14775 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13862 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13862 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10764	68.7% Good	Read 511 Write 114 Mixed 179 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14 120% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 45.6 66% 123 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187436736 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 928624 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 66 572194849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1798 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (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 73121818215259 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1551748513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 249148467023	87.9% Excellent	Read 127 Write 178 Mixed 125 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.61 192% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 110%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 138GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789333802 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4322 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6894 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6894 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214748889122 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	73.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 114 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 378GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 81 Mixed 61.2 93% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 41%

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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	155x
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 $140Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16