Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.5% 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	62.4% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 04:31
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 235 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 707 67% 557 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 122 Parallax 102 94% 113 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^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 100 100 711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 167504773152 (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 2936048795 (F7) Unknown 100 100 91992925 (F8) Unknown 100 100 59294492 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1252 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 357 Write 268 Mixed 268 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 17.7 81% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 37.7 63% 126 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 579GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 155 5041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1021 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1034 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60% Good	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 94.8 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.34 102% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 268GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2119 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 508 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2119 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 32 (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	53.3% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 88.3 Mixed 96 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.42 107% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 89%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	79x
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 $109Bench 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: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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