Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 736 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6771687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 23768349024206 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1487 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 252 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 75 30069686303 (C2) HDA temperature 31 75 30069686303 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6771687 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6771687 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6771687 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23406 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15870 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15870 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9899	67.3% Good	Read 350 Write 170 Mixed 194 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 17.6 120% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 39.6 70% 138 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 897GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1823 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1491 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1589 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 33 (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	95.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 164 Mixed 150 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 118% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 743GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 156 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 766 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 30 (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	50.3% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 79.8 Mixed 82.3 64% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 57%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 686GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 6883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 917 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 917 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 31 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.5% Average	Read 89.9 Write 79 Mixed 78.3 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 51%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 444GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 156 7000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 926 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 926 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (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	43.4% Average	Read 75.1 Write 75.9 Mixed 79.5 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 139GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897550530 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1970 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5119 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 206158954527 (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 200 200 1542	52.5% Above average	Read 79.9 Write 103 Mixed 74.1 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 77%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 928GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 133 Write 170 Mixed 120 185% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 8.19 4K Mixed 0.69 305% 3.24 MB/s	DQ Read 1.09 DQ Write 8.26 DQ Mixed 0.74 310% 3.36 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 21.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

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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	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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