Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateAug 15 '18 at 06:16
Run Duration173 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 139
2-Core 273
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 760
75% 611 Pts
64-Core 758
47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.5% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 113
Parallax 94
83% 103 fps
MRender 96.3
Gravity 93.1
Splatting 99.5
79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 8,453
Write 7,801
Mixed 8,046
1,809% 8,100 MB/s
4K Read 714
4K Write 399
4K Mixed 359
1,754% 491 MB/s
DQ Read 1,405
DQ Write 1,220
DQ Mixed 500
597% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
109GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 489 445 467 453 393 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 486
Mixed 412
SusWrite 454
104% 463 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 65.2
222% 79.9 MB/s
DQ Read 47.3
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 184
144% 189 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 126%
Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
482GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 159 158 158 157 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 151
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 158
104% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
82% Excellent
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 25.9
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 33.6
SC Mixed 26.1
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 62.4
64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 82%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 756 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $650
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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