Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 04:06
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 812 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 58 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 51 210453790758 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2060723253 (F7) Unknown 100 100 64774923 (F8) Unknown 100 100 34287317 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1252 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 458 Write 278 Mixed 292 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 12.2 66% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 37.2 75% 151 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 95%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38687605227 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 99 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 114 114 37 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 197 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 244813070368 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 99 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 164 Mixed 158 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 89%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 465GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2565 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 69580 (C2) HDA temperature 220 220 206156660761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	44.1% Average	Read 72.2 Write 81.5 Mixed 73.1 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.6 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 31.7 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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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 $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 $15	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