Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	177% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 00:56
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 132 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 640 68% 540 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.2 61% 74.1 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 73.7 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 470 447 441 429 421 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,477 Write 1,508 Mixed 627 SusWrite 462 227% 1,019 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 45 232% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 41.9 142% 323 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 254%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 183 182 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 239 Mixed 119 SusWrite 182 136% 186 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 466% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 187 187 187 184 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 224 Mixed 104 SusWrite 185 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 431% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 761GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 125 Write 118 Mixed 103 SusWrite 110 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 85%
WD WD4003FZEX-00Z4S 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 159 159 161 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 106 SusWrite 158 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 103%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 149 149 149 151 150 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 197 Mixed 104 SusWrite 151 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 358% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 107%
WD WD4004FZWX-00GBG 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 174 168 189 176 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 192 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 176 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.9 229% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 189 206 201 194 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 212 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 199 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.8 204% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 80%

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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	469x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	20x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16