Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 16:53
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 599 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.3% Poor	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 76.8 8% 61.2 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 79.9 67% 81.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 3066 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 57 184684707878 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 35700893117 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1116679932 (F8) Unknown 100 100 679458405 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4407 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 338 Write 276 Mixed 173 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 19.5 92% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 56.5 79% 147 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 97GB free Firmware: CC26 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 117 99 158606136 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 288444140 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 622460959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15691 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (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 936302876935 (F1) Unknown 100 253 92931412094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1128501460333	65.6% Good	Read 108 Write 121 Mixed 119 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.9 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 21.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 129%

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Gaming 68%

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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	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 $499Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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