Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97% 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 Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '19 at 16:25
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 244 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 651 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 115 102% 126 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 122 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 218 203 154 259 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 433 Write 377 Mixed 346 SusWrite 173 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 37 140% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 168 131% 176 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 164GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 184 180 180 183 184 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 182 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 113%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 447GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 101 100 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 100 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 69%

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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 679 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

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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