Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	91.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 17:01
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 282 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 806 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 195 Parallax 194 150% 191 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ512GCSU 512GB 1,378 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 175 413 359 468 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 113 Mixed 273 SusWrite 334 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 39.6 135% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 170 142% 213 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 122GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 119 145 149 203 47 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 430 Write 324 Mixed 168 SusWrite 136 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 30.2 144% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 193 181% 282 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%
G-drive SSD 1TB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 559GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 446 449 463 460 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 402 Write 410 Mixed 288 SusWrite 453 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 33.3 108% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 180 156% 235 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 484GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 166 167 167 170 167 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 156 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 166 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 309GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 82 84 85 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 74.7 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 83.8 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 371GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 92 91 90 92 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 94.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 89.4 63% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 101%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	477x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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