Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	78.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 03:35
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 431 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2239 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 116 92% 117 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 549 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 211 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1156821867	105% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 400 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 45.4 174% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.6 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 120 102% 142 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 100 38 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 283 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 201863462949 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 612 (F1) Unknown 253 253 456 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1112	78.4% Very good	Read 507 Write 332 Mixed 389 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 4.25 101% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 4.18 68% 159 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2226 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 630 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (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 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12547835491	94.4% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 400 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 25.8 146% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 100 93% 136 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 179 177 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 854 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22529 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.6% Very good	Read 146 Write 114 Mixed 127 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 686GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 6258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13247 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.7% Good	Read 106 Write 127 Mixed 119 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 33.9 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 27.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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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	467x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x
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 $129Bench 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 $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