Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	259% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 11:26
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 723 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.60 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.1 88% 105 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 85.7 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,594 Write 903 Mixed 1,408 358% 1,635 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 56.8 247% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 582 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 280 289% 472 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 292%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 63GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 49779876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 46471546177478 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 274 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49779876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49779876 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49779876 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2186 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1565 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1565 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3729	50.9% Above average	Read 192 Write 100 Mixed 121 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 16 113% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 32.6 44% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 61%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (B1) Unknown 100 100 468448 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 463388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2008887	96.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 381 Mixed 415 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 35.7 137% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 77 107% 196 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 95%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1676 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 55 193274445857 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1977417267 (F7) Unknown 100 100 61820264 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47156484 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1947 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	61.6% Good	Read 456 Write 173 Mixed 227 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 10.8 86% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 13.7 56% 126 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 30.4 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 28.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 105%

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Gaming 68%

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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	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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