Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 23:34
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 593 78% 588 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 79.4 69% 84.4 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 71.2 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^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 100 100 122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 263 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2561 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 38 266288562220 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4376474855 (F7) Unknown 100 100 137165835 (F8) Unknown 100 100 126569165	86.5% Excellent	Read 528 Write 402 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.1 130% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 16.9 29% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 177 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14133 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 35 (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	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 99.5 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 84%
WD Elements 10B8 2TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 821GB free Firmware: 1012 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 200 4850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 323 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2159 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 40 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 89.8 Mixed 89.7 68% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 53%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 97GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764085 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 105 105 38 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1013 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1013 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184685035554 (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 0	58.3% Above average	Read 97 Write 106 Mixed 97.5 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 30.1 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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