Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.6% 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	103% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 22:21
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 664 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 85.4 82% 92 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 76 71% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 400 413 311 236 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 327 Mixed 205 SusWrite 365 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 47.7 154% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 66.4 128% 257 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 800GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 184 187 190 189 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 154 Mixed 85 SusWrite 188 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
WL2000GLSA854G 2TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 101 105 100 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 102 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075R 750GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 553GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 99 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 100 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x8GB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 67%

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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	154x
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 $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $923

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16