Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 21:33
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 700 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 155 Parallax 128 110% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 114 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 57GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 236 237 237 234 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 467 Mixed 330 SusWrite 241 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59.8 206% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 352 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 168 170 168 169 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 475 Write 154 Mixed 187 SusWrite 168 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.5 113% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 76 86% 149 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 482GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 125 130 131 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 167 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 128 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 107%
WD 5000AAC External 500GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 363GB free, PID 0910 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 42 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 31.3 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 42.4 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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