Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	233% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 01:18
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 279 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 541 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 210 Parallax 205 159% 203 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 187 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 894 878 868 854 854 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 914 Mixed 653 SusWrite 871 244% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 56.6 231% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 375 358% 583 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 243%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 164GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 321 332 337 332 334 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 356 Write 330 Mixed 222 SusWrite 326 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 14.8 109% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 75.6 89% 151 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 86%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 138GB free Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 324 324 324 324 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,339 Write 1080 Mixed 686 SusWrite 354 192% 865 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 82.5 284% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,568 DQ Write 1,075 DQ Mixed 1021 844% 1,222 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 352GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 68 SusWrite 118 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 184 184 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 140 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 185 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
OTG OTG 120GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 264 Write 69.2 Mixed 133 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 9.4 2,342% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 89.9 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 18.8 269% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 45%
H/W RAID 1 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 101GB free Firmware: 0106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	40% Average	Read 67.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 56 SusWrite 72.2 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 36.3 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $546

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