Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 20:21
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 507 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7098 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1120 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (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 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 553 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22140758395
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 296GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240326416 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46036326 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 588513314 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15257 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 64424509474 (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 -33281701571626 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22479086834 (F2) Unknown 100 253 460991538715	90.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 157 Mixed 98.2 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.54 186% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 256GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 135 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4566 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3821 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4577 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 37 (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 33 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.2% Average	Read 75.5 Write 78 Mixed 74.7 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.45 118% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 148 1408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67670 (C2) HDA temperature 108 106 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 78.9 Write 76.5 Mixed 77.4 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 41%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 326GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 87.4 Write 109 Mixed 60.3 110% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.37 49% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 86%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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