Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	217% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 725 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6136 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.06% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.59 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.06% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 195 Parallax 185 144% 186 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 166 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,995 Write 1,221 Mixed 1,404 341% 1,540 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 34.2 196% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 51.1 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 33.4 48% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 243%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 13GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1166 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 57 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 622910 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 622910 (F2) Unknown 100 100 368566	45.9% Average	Read 262 Write 133 Mixed 163 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 16.1 75% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 29.7 43% 82.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 48%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 571GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1151 (10) Unknown 16 184 290443031277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8112 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 140 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 CMD L4M4A2666C15 CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 CMD L4M4A2666C15 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 28.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 93%

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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	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 $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 $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