Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 132 2-Core 239 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 638 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1447 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.6% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 80.2 62% 84.2 fps	MRender 84.3 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 80.4 66% 80.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,709 Write 7,521 Mixed 7,186 1,669% 7,472 MB/s	4K Read 664 4K Write 326 4K Mixed 427 1,726% 472 MB/s	DQ Read 1,605 DQ Write 1094 DQ Mixed 1,184 929% 1,295 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,882 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 9GB free Firmware: EMT02D0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 297 Mixed 256 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44 171% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 246 205% 298 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 99%
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 52GB free Firmware: M0DL002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 124 131 66 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 338 Write 208 Mixed 158 SusWrite 103 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 17.7 100% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 129 98% 131 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 29 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 103%

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

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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	468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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