Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.3% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 423 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 38.4 27% 34 fps	MRender 42 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 33.9 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2314 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4310172259 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420347929 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 467690 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 467690 (F2) Unknown 100 100 814322	88.3% Excellent	Read 489 Write 281 Mixed 348 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 30.3 129% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 115 131% 227 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 95%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 695GB free Firmware: AX001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1632 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 8933 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 41 404094998 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1245203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 114305 (C2) HDA temperature 78 41 404094998 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 97.1 Mixed 93.2 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 57%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 126GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26003522 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12829 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4701906 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2269 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 538378268 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 15248 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 24 26003522 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 56234006819604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3947011274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4075446255	43.8% Average	Read 90.4 Write 62.1 Mixed 74.1 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.41 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 3,379 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 55%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	415x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	25x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

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