Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	144% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 06:01
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 638 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 83.9 50% 67.3 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 70.6 49% 59 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 192GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,949 Write 849 Mixed 1,115 286% 1,304 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 52 241% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 188 192% 315 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 243%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,389 Write 569 Mixed 795 201% 918 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 24.7 154% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 69.3 91% 153 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 157%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3GB free Firmware: LSF041C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 42 47247392799 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13953 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13953 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8037 (F9) Unknown 100 100 284 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	108% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 428 Mixed 501 107% 482 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.6 159% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 74.2 111% 208 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 90%
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-00000 256GB 3,154 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 3GB free Firmware: BXV7 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 1,363 Write 152 Mixed 219 123% 578 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 23.2 132% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 461 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 79.7 114% 222 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 144%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 642GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 214 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (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	87.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 153 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.27 136% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 174 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1033 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5143 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 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	46.7% Average	Read 89.4 Write 72.9 Mixed 71.6 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 95 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 397 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 36 (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	60.4% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 170 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1087 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20843 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 38 (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	51% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 88.5 Mixed 81.5 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 118%

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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 $485Bench 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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Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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