Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	15.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150225
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 16:08
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 181 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 488 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 51 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 22.5 42% 33.4 fps	MRender 34.1 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 32.4 31% 38.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB-$300 523 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 319GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7565 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2066 (AB) Unknown 100 100 159517008 (AE) Unknown 100 100 244 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1223 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1062 (F9) Unknown 100 100 43614750	65.7% Good	Read 371 Write 277 Mixed 363 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 23.1 91% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 67.9 69% 113 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9031 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 226 (B1) Unknown 96 96 113 (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 55 55 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 307 (EB) Unknown 99 99 94 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11848670895	37.5% Below average	Read 352 Write 87.6 Mixed 135 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 9.04 53% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 10.1 21% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77993912 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3685185 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 26442399776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20855 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 -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 75380971012931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1459450347 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4082789247	99% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 164 Mixed 157 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 979GB free Firmware: CC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 78 140028224 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35308895 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 7584 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 672661538 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10680 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 77309411362 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135824045766554 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52585502349096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -44585191267350	79.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 142 Mixed 136 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.38 109% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C10-8GAB 0420 F3-1600C10-8GAB Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 24GB 1600, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 7.4 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns

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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