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Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 Motherboard Review

Cinebench

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

cinebench

cine

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.

winrar

winrar

Handbrake Conversion

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

handbrake

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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5 comments

  1. Luke, brilliant review and so much detail, took me 30 minutes reading it this morning. I love Kitguru’s motherboard (and GPU) reviews! This is top of my shortlist when the new K series come out.

  2. What is going on? Why is everyone copying the ASUS red and black board designs? Nice to see ASUS (who started it all) using different colours.

    Sabretooth are my favourite boards. always have been. ill be getting this one soon

  3. I think thermal armor is a gimmick in regards to temperatures, but I like the dust protection and protection over the capacitors. I can be rough on the boards when installing them. Nice looking board – interested in SATA express too, as I have a lot of large files I move around often

  4. based on your reviews I included the sabertooth mark 1 in my new build, also your reviews let me decide my gpu, gigabyte GTX770OC, psu seasonic X-Series 650W KM3 gold and now my ram, G.Skill ARES 16 g kit. Cheers for taking the stress out of my build

  5. May I turn-off the small fans? Or just remove them? It is
    going to have some significant impact in the performance or will the MB get
    overheated?

    Thanks!