Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1826 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 19:29
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 83 2-Core 208 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 516 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.4% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 75 65% 82.4 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 80 Splatting 104 78% 93.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 181 193 191 178 190 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 358 Write 122 Mixed 228 SusWrite 188 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 22 78% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 83.8 DQ Write 62.1 DQ Mixed 59.3 48% 68.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 446 439 422 424 422 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 427 Mixed 409 SusWrite 432 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.9 176% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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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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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 $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