Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	311% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 602 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 61.1 51% 64.1 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 57.8 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2132 647 606 613 613 612 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 1859 Write 1770 Mixed 1,365 SusWrite 870 329% 1,466 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 109 372% 141 MB/s	DQ Read 1,619 DQ Write 1,434 DQ Mixed 1,469 1,117% 1,507 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 504GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 102 102 99 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 94.2 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 101 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 661GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 119 120 119 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 119 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 74%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 152 153 154 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 141 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 152 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 77%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	421x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	61x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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

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