Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 99.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 05:23
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$290 164,156 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	SC Int 141 SC Float 146 SC Mixed 143 115% 143 Pts	QC Int 480 QC Float 511 QC Mixed 482 111% 491 Pts	MC Int 683 MC Float 794 MC Mixed 766 112% 747 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 55,661 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3676) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Lighting 229 Reflection 207 Parallax 228 71% 221 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 211 Splatting 146 75% 173 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$225 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 251GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5540 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 173 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 93 93 7022 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3189200744	115% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 500 Mixed 511 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.4 179% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 156 131% 179 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 122%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$95 54,319 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 171GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5292936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -55791625150500 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 221 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 410 (BD) vendor-specific 33 42 60132294689 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 60132294689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5292936 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5292936 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5292936 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9867 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9313 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9313 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13037	72% Very good	Read 511 Write 257 Mixed 305 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14.7 114% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 11.5 27% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 8,391 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 245 179 4741 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200238 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3633 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9962173895 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13233926805
Poor: 47% Great: 86%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 8,391 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 176 7291 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5637 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200239 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3620 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9963445407 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13234663295
Poor: 47% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$86 74,966 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 727GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 172 3483 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 953 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7671 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 119 Mixed 117 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$326 239 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 87%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $196

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $358Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	1,011x
Core i5-6600KIntel $231Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	343x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 164,156 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	461x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 192,874 samples	283x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $325Bench 71%, 236,054 samples	121x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	163x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $135Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	162x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $200Bench 173%, 18,093 samples	70x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 85%, 62,158 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $204Bench 90%, 39,089 samples	69x
Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCrucial $165Bench 79%, 2,648 samples	57x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $325	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $135
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12