Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.7% 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	267% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 21:30
Run Duration	398 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 275 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 801 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW01 1TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 554GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,366 Write 1,206 Mixed 1,576 378% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 224 4K Mixed 51.4 243% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 690 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 238 271% 468 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 271%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5965 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2442 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5767 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 28 (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	63.4% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 109%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 189GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 96.1 Write 96.7 Mixed 87 120% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.19 37% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 31%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 500GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 188GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 15.9 Mixed 12.3 24% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.34 72% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 20%
Lexar JumpDrive 16GB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.12% Terrible	Read 17.1 Write 4.64 Mixed 6.09 10% 9.29 MB/s	4K Read 6.78 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 26% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.12% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 28.2 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 31 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 102%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	80x
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 $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

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