Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive139% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 23 '20 at 18:48
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 38%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th 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 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 95.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 250
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 645
65% 525 Pts
64-Core 667
41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3880 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 125
Parallax 44.6
135% 112 fps
MRender 183
Gravity 47.6
Splatting 81.2
81% 104 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 114%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60
220GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 399 447 475 435 419 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 2,182
Write 311
Mixed 488
SusWrite 442
185% 856 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 55.7
4K Mixed 15.8
65% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 77.6
DQ Mixed 134
91% 113 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 139%
Great: 333%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
229GB free
Firmware: EXT0CB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 248 250 250 250 250 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
99.1% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 461
Mixed 383
SusWrite 269
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 66.1
4K Mixed 47.5
159% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 234
197% 290 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 99.1%
Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 193 196 191 195 195 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 160
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 193
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 109%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.1% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 19.4
MC Mixed 16.3
53% 18.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 18.9
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 55.2
72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 754 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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