Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	157% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 02:54
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 797 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 155 Parallax 131 114% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 439GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22020392 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 666 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 34 146030133275 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 360780005460 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3245 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6446 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5608 (F2) Unknown 253 253 273 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75% Very good	Read 458 Write 252 Mixed 282 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 12.5 104% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 38.4 89% 188 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 108%
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 48GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 3155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 48 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10096 (A5) Unknown 100 100 39 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 147 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 39185 (F2) Unknown 100 100 72406 (F5) Unknown 100 100 80768	93.9% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 290 Mixed 362 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 33.4 149% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 67.8 103% 192 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 98%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,126 Write 441 Mixed 866 179% 811 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 43.9 228% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 161 182% 321 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 243%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 32.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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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