Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.5% 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 Drive172% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime4.7 Days
Run DateJul 16 '18 at 04:45
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 18%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 127
2-Core 263
89% 161 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 727
73% 593 Pts
64-Core 731
45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83.5% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 111
Parallax 108
85% 108 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 98.2
Splatting 100
81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 378 387 403 416 408 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,701
Write 1584
Mixed 583
SusWrite 434
239% 1,075 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 192
4K Mixed 53.8
234% 96 MB/s
DQ Read 53.6
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 72.4
78% 124 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 172%
Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51
345GB free
Firmware: CC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 127 126 126 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
72.6% Very good
Read 128
Write 85
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 125
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
70.3% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 20.2
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 22.3
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 62.7
64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 752 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $664
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