Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 02:47
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	IRQ-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 214 85% 145 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 543 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 81% 104 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 80.9 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 281 Write 208 Mixed 210 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 34.4 127% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 181 127% 158 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 84%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 238GB 2,635 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 298 Mixed 214 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 20.2 94% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 59.2 76% 133 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 156 Write 108 Mixed 132 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.6 138% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 106 83% 116 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 97GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 56 55 57 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 57.3 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-444.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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