Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive137% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S  (all builds)
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140918
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 08 '20 at 18:55
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing below expectations (24th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
74% Very good
Memory 80.9
1-Core 106
2-Core 210
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 556
57% 459 Pts
64-Core 571
35% 571 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 148
Parallax 127
110% 136 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 109
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
972GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 490 528 536 536 534 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Read 1,039
Write 460
Mixed 430
SusWrite 513
135% 611 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 78.6
4K Mixed 48.8
160% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 444
297% 358 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 137%
Great: 541%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17
11GB free, PID 5580
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
36.6% Below average
Read 35.4
Write 29
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 29.1
39% 29.5 MB/s
4K Read 6.4
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 5.4
469% 6.5 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 36.6%
Great: 81%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C7 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
43.1% Average
MC Read 15
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 13.1
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 16.2
SC Mixed 14.7
42% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 78.9
51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S Builds (Compare 220 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $927
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