Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83.7%, 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	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '21 at 04:48
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 612 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 106% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 35 35 34 32 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 368 Write 336 Mixed 302 SusWrite 55 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 45.1 161% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 158 132% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 700GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 317 316 321 323 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 356 Write 344 Mixed 345 SusWrite 298 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 35.8 139% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 211 155% 205 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 133%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 166GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 113 116 113 117 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64% Good	Read 109 Write 97.8 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 114 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 497GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 154 154 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 148 Mixed 105 SusWrite 155 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 5: 1R 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
5%	8%	12	110	6	30	72.3"	1920 1080	GSMC0C8 LG TV SSCR

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16