Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% 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	90.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 20:56
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 240 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 662 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3710) ≥ 4GB; MSI Duke CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 239 Parallax 253 156% 228 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 217 Splatting 142 161% 205 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 232 256 274 275 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 388 Mixed 314 SusWrite 266 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 38.2 143% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 342 252% 331 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 220GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 381 382 405 392 400 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 387 Mixed 369 SusWrite 386 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 46.8 167% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 771GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 380 383 405 392 400 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 386 Mixed 463 SusWrite 386 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 58.9 173% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 53GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 220 227 216 203 199 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 395 Write 274 Mixed 198 SusWrite 222 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 34.4 123% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 145 150% 249 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 988GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 72 72 74 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 88 Write 75 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 71.8 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 10TB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 141 143 134 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 117 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 138 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x16GB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 86%

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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