Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 16:41
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 416 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 125 130 127 126 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 308 Write 207 Mixed 208 SusWrite 140 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 23.2 94% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 56 DQ Write 59.9 DQ Mixed 53.2 41% 56.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 50.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 101 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB 0622 DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 0622 DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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 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 $265Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16