Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 21:45
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 681 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 183 Parallax 175 136% 175 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 180 Splatting 120 115% 142 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 142GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 375 384 413 393 412 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 446 Mixed 394 SusWrite 393 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 53.7 172% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 220 167% 232 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Lexar 256GB SSD 256GB 12,615 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.3.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 334 270 232 222 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 432 Write 242 Mixed 272 SusWrite 274 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 25.5 91% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 116 83% 107 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 240%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 173 177 177 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 180 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 179 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
WD VelociRaptor 2.5" 500GB-$122 435 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 465GB free Firmware: YB01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 176 175 181 173 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 174 Mixed 122 SusWrite 178 123% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.7 348% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 63%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 201 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	148x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	13x

RAM
DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 4x4GBUnknownBench 72%, 26 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 4,251 samples	9x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $848

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