Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39% 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	124% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 10:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 746 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 3001) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 51 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 64.2 42% 49.7 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 42 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 307 305 317 307 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 470 Mixed 383 SusWrite 319 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.2 222% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 407GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 134 132 123 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 124 Mixed 109 SusWrite 132 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMUA5090KB78HAF2133 1x8GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 10.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 41%

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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	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 $499Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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