Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% 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	80.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 16:55
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 415 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 105% 128 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 159GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3400 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1193 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 185 185 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 342 (C2) HDA temperature 69 61 167504904223	68.5% Good	Read 487 Write 271 Mixed 276 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 7.69 76% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 25.2 79% 176 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 99%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 20442765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 138839112817619 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2605 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 479 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 70 60134129698 (C2) HDA temperature 34 70 60134129698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20442765 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20442765 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20442765 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19555 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13337 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13337 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9853	80.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 205 Mixed 278 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.4 128% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 68.5 95% 177 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $927

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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