Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	299% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 00:08
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 426 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 77.3 66% 81.8 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 69.6 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1590 934 604 607 608 608 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,500 Write 1,639 Mixed 1192 SusWrite 825 342% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 69.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 91 310% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,501 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 1,088 836% 1,153 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 37GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 359 403 404 404 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 450 Mixed 377 SusWrite 396 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.9 183% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 277 220% 309 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 31GB free Firmware: 1.33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 65 59 51 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 159 Write 71.7 Mixed 103 SusWrite 62.2 22% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 27.6 118% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 84.8 70% 101 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 81GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 110 111 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 143 SusWrite 108 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 31 136% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 141 111% 155 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 320 321 320 321 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 471 Mixed 374 SusWrite 337 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 311 237% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 115%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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