Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	312% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 07:47
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 262 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 706 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 194 Parallax 195 151% 191 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 176 Splatting 120 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1872 1822 1432 1174 1160 1155 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,498 Write 2,338 Mixed 1559 SusWrite 1,436 439% 1,958 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 79.4 263% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 873 DQ Mixed 962 718% 955 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 372%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 5GB free Firmware: E120506a Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 215 Write 149 Mixed 164 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 29.3 109% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 96.6 88% 133 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 45%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 152GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 470 475 476 477 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 465 Mixed 395 SusWrite 474 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.5 210% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 150 150 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 146 Mixed 97 SusWrite 149 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 108%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 169 170 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 176 Write 176 Mixed 124 SusWrite 170 218% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 140% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 103%

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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 58%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	20x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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