Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	166% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 23:48
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 541 73% 543 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 143 111% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 237 234 197 173 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,843 Write 326 Mixed 411 SusWrite 211 150% 698 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 51.7 206% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 430 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 297 245% 352 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 193%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 31GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 268 356 296 238 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 354 Mixed 337 SusWrite 280 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 46.8 174% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 194 174% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 44GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 93 78 92 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 473 Mixed 383 SusWrite 118 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.6 175% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 179 178% 285 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 59GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 113 92 113 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 108 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 69%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 0421 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 2 3 2.4 3 2.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 17.7 Write 2.5 SusWrite 2.7 7% 7.63 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 89%

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Gaming 69%

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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	465x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	82x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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