Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 06:57
Run Duration	449 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 525 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 84.9 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 75.7 69% 82.3 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 67.7 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18084661 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 72052371360256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 79 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 33 30066933783 (C2) HDA temperature 23 33 30066933783 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18084661 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18084661 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18084661 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3608 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5367 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5367 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6754 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5570602	59.9% Above average	Read 487 Write 181 Mixed 248 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 7.07 77% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 50.4 73% 133 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 284GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51246800 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 707 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16150748 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2832 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 76 69 420282392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13379 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 30064771096 (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 -81866371627256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20400648904 (F2) Unknown 100 253 126363507324	76.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 142 Mixed 116 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 151GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 38.1 Mixed 19.9 40% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 21%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 142GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 37.2 50% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 22%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.79% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 5.24 Mixed 6.21 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.95 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.009 30% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.79% Great: 9%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 991 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.42% Terrible	Read 26.1 Write 11.7 Mixed 15.9 20% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.74 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 33% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.42% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 89%

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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	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $160Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $715

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