Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% 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	78.7% 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	21.1 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 31 '19 at 10:43
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 675 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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 below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 135 Parallax 114 100% 124 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 122 Splatting 105 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.8% 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: 362 142 182 148 57 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 436 Write 388 Mixed 348 SusWrite 164 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 37.5 140% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 173 134% 179 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 164GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 140 138 141 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 101 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 141 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 113%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 431GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 106 102 106 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 105 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.3% 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 below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 69%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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