Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	270% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 16:53
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 780 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 157 Parallax 133 116% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,430 Write 1,587 Mixed 2,096 453% 2,038 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.9 161% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 286 300% 495 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 332%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 645GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39408688 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16337462 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6397 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 77309411355 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19301583032064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8704867392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33991034206	87.2% Excellent	Read 132 Write 171 Mixed 129 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 113%

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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	80x
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 $94Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

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 $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