Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.8% 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	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 23:16
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 204 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 514 49% 407 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 87% 110 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 99 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 58519416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8718783619511 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2106 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 415 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 44 1005025230886 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 1005025230886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 58519416 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 58519416 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 58519416 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 21474836481 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14722 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13789 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13789 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10723	68.3% Good	Read 467 Write 118 Mixed 167 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13 125% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 47.2 66% 123 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178405968 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 899538 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 66 555417633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1795 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (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 68436008895320 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1540890953 (F2) Unknown 100 253 249143057464	81.2% Excellent	Read 107 Write 175 Mixed 126 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.72 206% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 378GB free Firmware: 1015 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 81.1 Mixed 76.1 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 68%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 138GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 393227 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789333802 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4322 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6894 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6894 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 214748889121 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	70.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 117 Mixed 117 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 41%

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Gaming 97%

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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 $129Bench 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 $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) $35	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