Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1  (all builds)
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141114
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 09 '18 at 01:31
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 44%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 84.6
1-Core 105
2-Core 211
76% 134 Pts
4-Core 383
8-Core 376
51% 380 Pts
64-Core 361
22% 361 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB; ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti Mini ZT-P10710G-10P
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 141
Parallax 120
107% 131 fps
MRender 97.9
Gravity 126
Splatting 106
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 196 195 191 195 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Read 340
Write 344
Mixed 296
SusWrite 190
66% 293 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 65.1
4K Mixed 35.3
120% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 178
143% 202 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 113%
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109
166GB free
Firmware: 604ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 173 170 174 177 171 MB/s
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
61.6% Good
Read 232
Write 212
Mixed 192
SusWrite 172
45% 202 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 68.4
4K Mixed 30.9
113% 41.3 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 142
111% 150 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63
2TB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 183 186 186 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 151
Mixed 85
SusWrite 185
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 105%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.2% Above average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 15.8
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 15.2
45% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 50.2%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 678 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: 61% - Good Total price: $929
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