Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.2% 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	50.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 08:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 470 64% 474 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 95% 115 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 95.6 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 64GB free Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2659 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 100 94491901984 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15961 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 67 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15961 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33527 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1966	74.4% Very good	Read 491 Write 192 Mixed 259 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 19.6 120% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 45.1 71% 135 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 87%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8605204661 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 49 219043332137 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 257700069436 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 264 (EA) Unknown 100 100 840 (F1) Unknown 253 253 380 (F2) Unknown 253 253 330 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.9% Above average	Read 510 Write 57.7 Mixed 328 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 1.12 78% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 7.12 41% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36860104 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19207030 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1454 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 13423476768 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35357 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 -140737488355296 (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 9178345116574 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17165756293 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32019534421	64.7% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 101 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

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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	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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