Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 Motherboard Review

Cinebench

We used the ‘CPU’ test built into Cinebench R15.

WinRAR

WinRAR’s built in benchmark and hardware test can help us outline the performance differentials between each motherboard. We record the amount of data processed after a 30-second run.

Handbrake Conversion

We measured the average frame rate achieved for a task of converting a 4.36GB 720P MKV movie to 720P MP4 format.

CPU-related performance numbers set out by the Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 do not highlight any worrying issues. The Asus board gains a few points over its competitors in Cinebench, while Handbrake sees it drop three FPS (1.2%) from the pace set by Gigabyte and MSI.

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