Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	135% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 19:13
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 684 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 210 Parallax 179 150% 191 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 184 Splatting 133 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 136 135 130 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 371 Mixed 312 SusWrite 160 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 48.7 186% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 844 1171 670 517 542 541 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,290 Write 1,573 Mixed 829 SusWrite 714 248% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 29.3 113% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 70.4 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 95.4 83% 118 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 340%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 103 103 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 107 Write 88.2 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 103 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 21.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 142%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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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	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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