Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.2% 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	57.3% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 19:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 238 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 463 59% 447 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 125 Parallax 99 100% 116 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 74 65 65 60 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 400 Write 276 Mixed 224 SusWrite 91.9 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 31.7 104% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 92.5 DQ Write 45.4 DQ Mixed 57.3 46% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 97%
WDC WD10EZEX-21M2NA0 240GB 128GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 285 64 64 65 64 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 466 Write 302 Mixed 308 SusWrite 145 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34 153% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 178 161% 242 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 90 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 173 Write 138 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 91.9 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $37	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