Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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 Drive	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 269 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 732 70% 580 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2574 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 116% 146 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2899 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 522 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8377147087	99.4% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 413 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 25.3 146% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 24.5 80% 176 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 124%
Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 120GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4353715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 39565238743431 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2147 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 436 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 78 5111836 (C2) HDA temperature 28 78 5111836 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4353715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4353715 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4353715 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19827 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14353 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14353 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11343	78.1% Very good	Read 489 Write 197 Mixed 244 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 20.8 132% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 46.1 73% 138 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 22 (03) Spinup time 162 158 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23010 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 682668 (C2) HDA temperature 121 84 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 15	66.6% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 102 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 67%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 445GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 14843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 13530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 9420 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 151758 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 214749085724 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	46.3% Average	Read 79.5 Write 81.8 Mixed 71.6 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 45%
JetFlash Transcend 64GB 3,351 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 55GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 21.9 Mixed 8.43 25% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.94 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.81 81% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 44%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16