Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	205% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 18:41
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 597 80% 597 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 97 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 72.8 57% 68.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,696 Write 1,075 Mixed 1,301 370% 1,691 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 5.21 109% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 62 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 32.5 25% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3000NM0033-9ZM178 3TB 1,501 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: GA0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 188779323 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 63 564211771 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5403 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 81604378658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 6 188779323 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 57212 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37580963824395 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39454881478 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58806046868	96.9% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 163 Mixed 157 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.53 151% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G4D26AFEA.8FBD 2x4GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 106%

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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	467x
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	137x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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