Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '16 at 06:57
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 650 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.7% Above average	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 70.7 61% 75.3 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 63.4 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 169GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2757 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 838 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 223 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10006967242	92.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 339 Mixed 346 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 26.4 135% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 74.8 110% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 118%
ACSC2M128S25 127GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 142GB free Firmware: P031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8478 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 444 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6549 (F2) Unknown 100 100 527 (F5) Unknown 100 100 30956	57.8% Above average	Read 377 Write 305 Mixed 342 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 6.34 68% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 27.6 44% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 64%
ACSC2M128S25 127GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 142GB free Firmware: P031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7806 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 187 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6587 (F2) Unknown 100 100 553 (F5) Unknown 100 100 28427	54% Above average	Read 355 Write 265 Mixed 338 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 4.67 66% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 95.3 DQ Mixed 28.2 45% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 64%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25219698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -76467597734751 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 39 1013614837795 (C2) HDA temperature 35 39 1013614837795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25219698 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25219698 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25219698 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5753 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4178 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4178 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5579	54.8% Above average	Read 486 Write 111 Mixed 140 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 10.2 89% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 6.99 24% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 904GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8866 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3048 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3007 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 160 Write 118 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.43 125% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%
WD WD-AV SCSA 25B8 1TB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 352GB free, PID 25b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 77 119% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 47%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 60GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 19 Write 17.2 Mixed 18.7 23% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.97 4K Write 3.61 4K Mixed 2.66 235% 4.08 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 20%

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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%

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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 $139Bench 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 $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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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