Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.2% 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 Drive64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1  (all builds)
Memory26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140508
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 04 '16 at 17:13
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st 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
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 129
2-Core 258
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 670
67% 544 Pts
64-Core 670
41% 670 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Lighting 115
Reflection 121
Parallax 119
93% 118 fps
MRender 98.9
Gravity 104
Splatting 95.6
81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SP920SS 1TB
822GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
64.2% Good
Read 373
Write 341
Mixed 246
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 49.2
4K Mixed 14.3
76% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 98.2
DQ Mixed 30.9
51% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
60.1% Good
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 16.9
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 22.1
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 63.4
63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 60.1%
Great: 101%

 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 678 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: 61% - Good Total price: $929
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