Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	117% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 13:03
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 728 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.5 86% 104 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 79.2 72% 89.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1047 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 391 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9228086368	117% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 471 Mixed 480 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50.3 186% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 31.9 74% 161 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1046 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 391 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2117687438	91.1% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 404 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 26.3 146% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.2 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 109 73% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 611GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107544600 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4570175676 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4751 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109909 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 73014444065 (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 94819993008593 (F1) Unknown 100 253 123905546918020 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25253479700976	99.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 166 Mixed 143 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.39 115% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 590GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156440376 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 156910252 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6097 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 45 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80007 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 156440376 (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 4342211943085 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1221507886 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3716506663 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	62.1% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 99.1 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 640GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 595GB free Firmware: 2AK10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6560 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 86 3217 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8146 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8392 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 1987 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4450 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3327 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 201864445981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8507 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 92913 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864445981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 492	53.2% Above average	Read 68.5 Write 116 Mixed 69.5 63% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.49 131% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 243GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 43 Mixed 39 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 65%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 148 190% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.54 86% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.5 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 103%

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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	478x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16