Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	156% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '19 at 20:15
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 523 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 317 257 274 239 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 349 Mixed 306 SusWrite 272 137% 632 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 49.6 192% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 289 238% 343 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 193%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 16GB free Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 514 Write 353 Mixed 317 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.3 163% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 195 175% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 56GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 92 92 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 474 Mixed 367 SusWrite 121 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 43.8 160% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 179 178% 283 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 91%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 209GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 29.5 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 38.6 41% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 25.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 89%

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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 $241Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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