Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.7% 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 Drive49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory24GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1  (all builds)
Memory20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 14 '18 at 14:33
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 129
2-Core 252
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 704
72% 582 Pts
64-Core 712
44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 90%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Lighting 116
Reflection 117
Parallax 105
95% 113 fps
MRender 95.4
Gravity 104
Splatting 94.2
80% 98 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 FDE 2.5" 256GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM77D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 225 221 212 183 188 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
49.7% Average
Read 232
Write 228
Mixed 194
SusWrite 208
49% 216 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 18.6
77% 30.1 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 75.2
DQ Mixed 25
37% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 52%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40
228GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 108 107 108 111 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
53.1% Above average
Read 76.7
Write 80.5
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 108
57% 77.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
67.9% Good
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 20.6
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 23
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 58.5
68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 682 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $914
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