Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	240% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	32 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 04:13
Run Duration	721 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 579 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4377 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Lighting 3.2 Reflection 5.27 Parallax 7.78 3% 5.42 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 16.1 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 6%
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2304) 1GB CLim: 775 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 14.8 14% 15.5 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 17.3 12% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% BFG(19F1 0E79) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 3.62 Parallax 2.41 4% 3.74 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 5 Splatting 2.91 3% 3.65 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 6%
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Device(1545 7750) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Lighting 9.37 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 12.5 8% 11.7 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 9.57 Splatting 13.4 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,589 Write 1,158 Mixed 1,374 374% 1,707 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.7 186% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 87.2 105% 187 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 236%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 192 300 (03) Spinup time 253 164 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1155373 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 41 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 104 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.14 38% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3120213AS 120GB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 13GB free Firmware: 3.AHL Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 193262102 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3314 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 723976235 (C2) HDA temperature 43 49 55834574891 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 57 35546347 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 180 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.3% Below average	Read 56 Write 52.9 Mixed 55.2 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 19GB free, PID 4223 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Read 11.3 Write 2.39 Mixed 3.14 5% 5.59 MB/s	4K Read 5.88 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 22% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 9%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 16GB 2,489 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 6GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 68.9 Write 7.99 Mixed 11.6 26% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.54 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.31 45% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 2,983 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 131%

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

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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	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 $295	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