Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '19 at 13:31
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 731 79% 625 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 198 Parallax 199 154% 195 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 185 Splatting 132 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 267GB free Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 908 921 893 900 903 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,062 Write 908 Mixed 618 SusWrite 898 196% 871 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 56.9 204% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 812 639% 886 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 237%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1189 988 1042 1035 1039 1041 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,036 Write 1,270 Mixed 1,142 SusWrite 1,056 255% 1,126 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 60 230% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,161 DQ Write 979 DQ Mixed 1,100 816% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 298%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 112 113 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 71 SusWrite 113 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 755GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 135 136 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 110 Mixed 59 SusWrite 135 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 247GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 90 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 86.5 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 89.9 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2494 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 29 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

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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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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