Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 15:36
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 179 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 488 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 152 Parallax 110 118% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 142 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13716 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2381 (B1) Unknown 80 80 196 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 60 (EB) Unknown 99 99 269 (F1) Unknown 99 99 68872088515	65.9% Good	Read 496 Write 209 Mixed 198 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 13.1 92% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 32 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 85%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1942 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 908 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1869 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 180 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3522 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 38.9 Write 38 Mixed 35.4 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.14 107% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 68%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1296 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1114 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3387 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 124 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 86%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 9GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 249 Write 101 Mixed 132 180% 161 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 9.92 4K Mixed 3.57 501% 8.32 MB/s	DQ Read 12.4 DQ Write 9.58 DQ Mixed 3.8 501% 8.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.4% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 71%

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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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Value: 62% - Good

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 $177	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