Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	96.2% 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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 02:30
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 772 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 186 Parallax 171 141% 177 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 170 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ512GCSU 512GB 1,378 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 377 327 311 251 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 416 Mixed 382 SusWrite 298 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.3 135% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 319 242% 328 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 657GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 302 299 300 299 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 344 Mixed 264 SusWrite 304 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 42.6 177% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 204 186% 286 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
G-drive SSD 1TB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 620GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 432 447 463 462 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 435 Write 433 Mixed 278 SusWrite 448 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 31.3 104% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 191 160% 235 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 89%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 371GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 94 96 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 85 Mixed 65 SusWrite 95.2 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 312GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 118 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 112 Write 80.2 Mixed 71 SusWrite 118 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 109 113 114 115 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 116 Write 94 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 112 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 27.2 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 101%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

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