Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% 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 Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '23 at 21:12
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing way below expectations (10^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 202 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 598 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 120 Parallax 114 87% 113 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 261 101 100 92 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 367 Write 418 Mixed 284 SusWrite 167 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 33 113% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 221 199% 302 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 111%
WD WD120EFAX-68UNTN0 12TB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 96.2 Write 98.5 Mixed 69.8 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.5 297% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
WD WD140EFFX-68VBXN0 14TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 170GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 101 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 112 SusWrite 108 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.7 487% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 116%
WD WD140EFFX-68VBXN0 14TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 19GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 93 93 92 94 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 85 Write 84.5 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 93.9 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 450% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 116%
WD WD181KFGX-68AFPN0 18TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 646GB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 106 76 99 95 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 86 Write 111 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 94.9 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.9 469% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 133%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 16GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 8.5 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 97%
Lexar microSD RDR 64GB 510 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1GB free, PID b051 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 80.2 Write 55.4 Mixed 62.6 81% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 4.3 270% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	62	46	60	0"	1280 720	LG ULTRAWIDE

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	478x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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