Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% 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 Drive	156% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 16:57
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 676 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 104 Parallax 97.8 82% 101 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 96.6 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 419 397 381 375 362 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,568 Write 955 Mixed 704 SusWrite 447 203% 918 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 41.6 146% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 648 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 231 238% 397 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 302%
HPT DISK 0_3 20TB 15TB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 445 468 468 477 480 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.3% Good	Read 561 Write 378 Mixed 174 SusWrite 460 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 4.1 58% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 9.9 22% 47.9 MB/s

PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 850GB free Firmware: CS13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 187 187 188 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 412 Write 338 Mixed 242 SusWrite 186 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 26.6 90% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 146 108% 143 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0342 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 23 25 22 33 7.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 15.7 Write 23.5 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 23.7 13% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.1 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUH721010ALE600 10TB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 6TB free Firmware: LHGNT384 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 207 202 206 204 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 137 Write 149 Mixed 77 SusWrite 205 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.3 291% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 135%
Seagate ST3000LM016-1N217V 3TB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 108 99 98 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 66.7 Write 84.2 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 103 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 222% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 30.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 29 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	144	27"	1280 720	DELA136 D2719HGF

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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	467x
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	137x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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