Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	197% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 18:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 227 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 701 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2989) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1950 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 18.7 16% 35.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 287 295 284 278 279 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 355 Mixed 525 SusWrite 295 171% 789 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 59.8 226% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,088 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 447 389% 603 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 13GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 486 Mixed 388 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.6 205% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 976 644% 743 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 17GB free Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 336 Mixed 307 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41 157% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 320 244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 342GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 89 89 88 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 83 Write 92.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 88.4 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 162GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 67 64 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 68 Write 30.7 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 66.3 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVK F4-3200C16-4GTZB F4-3200C16-8GVK F4-3200C16-4GTZB 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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