Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '16 at 18:35
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 822 80% 660 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 81 Parallax 72.6 64% 77.2 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 64.3 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1053 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 113 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 176094773276 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15860348202 (F7) Unknown 100 100 496675080 (F8) Unknown 100 100 139611157 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1916 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	69.6% Good	Read 462 Write 306 Mixed 336 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 10.1 71% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 9.62 78% 184 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.7 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	473x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	127x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	21x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $790

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16