Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.2% 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	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 9 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 02:32
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 133 2-Core 246 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 696 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 161 Parallax 140 129% 153 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 510GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 341 343 348 348 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 350 Mixed 347 SusWrite 337 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 47.5 154% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 210 152% 198 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 293 276 140 36 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 491 Mixed 432 SusWrite 170 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 61.8 222% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 238 212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4.5TB free Firmware: 81.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 211 210 212 215 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 209 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 212 132% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.9 262% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-8GXM 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-2133C10-8GXM 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

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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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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