Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% 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	128% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 02:21
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 746 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.5 87% 108 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 105 485 222 437 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 786 Write 515 Mixed 589 SusWrite 297 122% 547 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 46.2 182% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 501 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 457 360% 495 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 144%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 68 68 71 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 149 Write 134 Mixed 36 SusWrite 70.2 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 59GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 98 97 90 87 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.5 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 94.5 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 1,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 88GB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 147 149 148 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 148 157% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.7 270% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 102%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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