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Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '23 at 16:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 549 61% 480 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 193 Parallax 180 141% 182 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 181 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$25 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 386 Mixed 370 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.4 51% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$270 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 37GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 163 162 169 155 154 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 397 Write 160 Mixed 202 SusWrite 155 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 34.8 142% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 136 111% 161 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 715 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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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	438x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	89x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	80x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	56x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $905

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Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $389