Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	100% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '22 at 23:54
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 596 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 108% 135 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 134 Splatting 115 96% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 393 402 433 434 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 411 Mixed 326 SusWrite 413 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 38.7 136% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 207 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$165 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 434 435 472 475 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 469 Mixed 410 SusWrite 451 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.6 179% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 128%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 26GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 33 39 28 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 127 Write 22.6 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 31.2 58% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 3.7 271% 4.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%

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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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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 202 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	149x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16