Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 01:51
Run Duration	392 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 582 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 200 Parallax 199 148% 194 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 181 Splatting 130 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 1,334 Mixed 1,263 345% 1,563 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.2 140% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 30.9 79% 170 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 103GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2206 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 971 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 15 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13179298919	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 485 Mixed 498 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 38.3 141% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 25.5 84% 183 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 149 149 30087381360 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 407 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 163209740320 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 187 Mixed 165 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.53 4K Mixed 0.3 135% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 242GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62342960 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28258331 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1783 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 90195755065 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 471203867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42241 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 55834574875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50684909062129 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17837670784 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20545817449	78.6% Very good	Read 158 Write 116 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 40GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 215 160 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4769 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3766 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143289 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 27 (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	46.7% Average	Read 79.4 Write 83.2 Mixed 81.4 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 51% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 67%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 38GB free Firmware: VT100-33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 98 3 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5952 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17102 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16238 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 2 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6480 (BE) vendor-specific 121 94 39 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 286875 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 3	31.4% Below average	Read 54 Write 55.2 Mixed 56.6 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 38%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 37GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 122 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5976 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 101 101 299725 (C2) HDA temperature 126 108 26 (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	27.6% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 42.1 Mixed 51.2 37% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 23GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 88 36792316 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 458015558 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2840 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 690356265 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 55834574889 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 57 14102778 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.8% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 50.8 Mixed 49.4 38% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 36.6 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 31.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

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