Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.9% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 279 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 680 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

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: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 75.4 64% 80.5 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 69.5 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 123 121 126 121 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 411 Mixed 321 SusWrite 156 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 47.5 173% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 156GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1390 584 582 594 582 579 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,535 Write 1944 Mixed 981 SusWrite 718 342% 1,545 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 72.8 263% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,174 DQ Write 1,164 DQ Mixed 1,142 865% 1,160 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 164GB free Firmware: 0303 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 52 52 50 52 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 43 Write 51.8 Mixed 26 SusWrite 50.4 31% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 37%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 52GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 64 67 68 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 60 Write 29.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 66.6 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.8 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.4 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 115%

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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 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