Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.7% 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	183% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 06:04
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 741 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 77.9 52% 66.7 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 52 Splatting 73.2 51% 61 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,569 Write 945 Mixed 1,224 276% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 32.8 179% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 31.8 77% 150 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 283%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 171 171 25793593884 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4677 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4677 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 223339544606 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 156 Mixed 137 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 117% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 125GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 69 7549 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13928 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27581 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5551 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 326 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864577050 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16787	74.9% Very good	Read 106 Write 155 Mixed 101 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 3.16 4K Mixed 0.43 129% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 54GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 193 3208 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13770 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6521 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13771 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 29 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 100 Mixed 81.8 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.52 141% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 191 Write 102 Mixed 75 137% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.49 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.39 113% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 402GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 67.5 Write 66.2 Mixed 66.1 86% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 44%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 22GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 66.3 Write 65.9 Mixed 48.4 76% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.11 55% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 30.8 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 136%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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 $134	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