Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	230% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 05:33
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 740 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 163 Parallax 140 134% 156 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 152 Splatting 116 106% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,859 Write 1,291 Mixed 1,214 322% 1,455 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 51.6 220% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 52.6 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 205 164% 218 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 254%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 72GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1635 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (AA) Unknown 91 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 100 68722622501 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 89538 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 91 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89538 (F2) Unknown 100 100 120481 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22489	65.1% Good	Read 502 Write 200 Mixed 246 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 3.92 103% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 6.8 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 49.3 55% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 843GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 95.2 131% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 28.6 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 32.5 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	465x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	20x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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