Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.4% 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	312% 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	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 00:08
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (96^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 603 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% 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	51.4% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 61.6 52% 64.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 55.1 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1987 804 608 609 613 612 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,137 Write 1,914 Mixed 1,318 SusWrite 872 349% 1,560 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 103 347% 131 MB/s	DQ Read 1,570 DQ Write 1,387 DQ Mixed 1,410 1,076% 1,456 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 140GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 78 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 824GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 120 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 74%
WD WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA0 802GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 151 153 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 164 Mixed 106 SusWrite 152 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 97%

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	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 77%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 686 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	418x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16