Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '16 at 09:37
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 469 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 88% 109 fps	Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99.6 88% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SH920 2.5 256GB 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1010CL00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (64) Unknown 100 100 2241460 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1988288 (B2) Unknown 100 100 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 56 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5256 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 111 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 77312622619 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 99 99 83918588 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 99 17 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7805 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3682 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4441 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 13312	79.8% Very good	Read 499 Write 391 Mixed 439 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 23 111% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 14 25% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 95%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	473x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	127x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	21x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16