Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics120% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1  (all builds)
Memory18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime1 Days
Run DateDec 24 '23 at 01:26
Run Duration183 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 107
2-Core 200
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 332
8-Core 455
50% 393 Pts
64-Core 547
34% 547 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480
Asus(1043 05D7) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 12GB, Driver: 23.20.10
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 129
Parallax 291
108% 184 fps
MRender 240
Gravity 144
Splatting 192
156% 192 fps
Poor: 113%
This bench: 120%
Great: 129%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 25 26 25 9.2 14 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Read 249
Write 11
Mixed 19.7
SusWrite 19.2
54% 74.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.3
56% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 192%
TOSHIBA EXTERNAL_USB 1TB
726GB free, PID 0901
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 35 35 35 35 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
19.5% Very poor
Read 52.5
Write 35.2
Mixed 26.9
SusWrite 34.5
48% 37.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
66% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 19.5%
Great: 54%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB
189GB free, PID 0901
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 35 35 35 35 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
22.1% Poor
Read 52.5
Write 34.6
Mixed 25
SusWrite 34.6
46% 36.7 MB/s
4K Read 6.2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 22.1%
Great: 52%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
71.9% Very good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 23.5
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 19.8
56% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 71 59 60 49" 1280 720 SNYF403 SONY TV *00
Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 685 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $914
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