I have the chance to test the Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1: The Ultimate Force, this is the flagship motherboard for the Z97 TUF series. This Motherboard will support GA1150 Socket for the 5th, New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors. So let us now know how beautiful this motherboard is.
In the flesh!!
Specification:
The Contents
lots and lots of anti-dust cover:
TUF New Alloy Chokes and Hi-C Caps
Sata and Sata Express ports:
Flow Valve for the Thermal Armor:
CPU_OV:
Back IO:
TUF Fortifier: Your Motherboards own Backplate!!
Now we get to tour the awesome BIOS:
Advance Mode:
Awesome you can set favorites now on your BIOS for easy access
Let the Testing Commence:
CPU: Intel 4770K @4.4Ghz
GPU: 2x Nvidia GTX 760
RAM: G.Skill Trident X 2400Mhz
SSD: Intel 530 240GB SSD
Memory Test:
SSD Test:
Processor Test:
3DMark 11 Professional test:
3DMark Firestrike:
3DMark Firestrike Extreme:
Cinebench 11.5
Cinebench 15
<Will Update later once I get the AI Suite installed>
My Take:
Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 is a beauty, the thermal armor is not just a fancy thing that was put on to the motherboard but a way to protect your motherboard from dust and properly put the airflow into the motherboard. The added beauty of the armor is really good to look at but will eventually get covered if you are using big chunk of heatsinks and multiple GPUs. This motherboard will set your mind at peace because of its 5 years warranty and very high quality components that is used in this motherboard like the TUF Alloy Chokes and Hi-C Caps.
One thing that Asus is really famous of is its BIOS, the sheer number of options to tweak your motherboard is outstanding. Though I did not see where to manually set the multiplier aside from the boost multiplier. The BIOS is very intuitive and very user friendly but also it does not compromise the tweakability of the BIOS as you can go to the advance mode.
So I highly recommend this motherboard if you want reliability and performance.
In the flesh!!
Specification:
The Contents
lots and lots of anti-dust cover:
TUF New Alloy Chokes and Hi-C Caps
Sata and Sata Express ports:
Flow Valve for the Thermal Armor:
CPU_OV:
Back IO:
TUF Fortifier: Your Motherboards own Backplate!!
Now we get to tour the awesome BIOS:
Advance Mode:
Awesome you can set favorites now on your BIOS for easy access
Let the Testing Commence:
CPU: Intel 4770K @4.4Ghz
GPU: 2x Nvidia GTX 760
RAM: G.Skill Trident X 2400Mhz
SSD: Intel 530 240GB SSD
Memory Test:
SSD Test:
Processor Test:
3DMark 11 Professional test:
3DMark Firestrike:
3DMark Firestrike Extreme:
Cinebench 11.5
Cinebench 15
<Will Update later once I get the AI Suite installed>
My Take:
Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 1 is a beauty, the thermal armor is not just a fancy thing that was put on to the motherboard but a way to protect your motherboard from dust and properly put the airflow into the motherboard. The added beauty of the armor is really good to look at but will eventually get covered if you are using big chunk of heatsinks and multiple GPUs. This motherboard will set your mind at peace because of its 5 years warranty and very high quality components that is used in this motherboard like the TUF Alloy Chokes and Hi-C Caps.
One thing that Asus is really famous of is its BIOS, the sheer number of options to tweak your motherboard is outstanding. Though I did not see where to manually set the multiplier aside from the boost multiplier. The BIOS is very intuitive and very user friendly but also it does not compromise the tweakability of the BIOS as you can go to the advance mode.
So I highly recommend this motherboard if you want reliability and performance.
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