Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	103% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '21 at 15:31
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 667 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 143 Parallax 143 116% 143 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 140 Splatting 120 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 389 384 386 386 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 393 Mixed 300 SusWrite 370 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.5 157% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 315 241% 326 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 64GB free Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 341 341 348 280 343 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 345 Write 349 Mixed 298 SusWrite 329 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 35.1 139% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 96.9 122% 216 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 181%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 100GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 421 409 423 385 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 448 Mixed 400 SusWrite 400 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.8 177% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 301 241% 338 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 23GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 9.1 23 16 22 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 135 Write 71.8 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 27.6 94% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.2 150% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 23 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 124%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $914

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