Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive127% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 04 '21 at 08:26
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6400-$79
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 83.9
1-Core 88.2
2-Core 202
71% 125 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 403
52% 391 Pts
64-Core 402
25% 402 Pts
Poor: 39%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.8% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 109
Parallax 100
85% 105 fps
MRender 94.3
Gravity 98
Splatting 95.6
79% 96 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteon CX1-GB512-D11 M.2 2280 512GB
451GB free (System drive)
Firmware: XG9110B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 573 568 568 562 571 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 601
Write 552
Mixed 425
SusWrite 536
119% 528 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 50.6
173% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 431
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 265
226% 334 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 127%
Great: 127%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB
8GB free, PID 6300
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
24% Poor
Read 124
Write 25.1
Mixed 17.7
SusWrite 23
47% 47.5 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 24%
Great: 27%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 12GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
46.3% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 15.7
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 17.2
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 73.7
54% 73.7 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 759 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $643
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