Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	295% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 07:44
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 236 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 583 76% 574 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 97 86% 104 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 1334 1483 1074 286 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2605 Write 1,489 Mixed 1,266 SusWrite 894 346% 1,563 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 96.3 323% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,340 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 123 263% 570 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 308%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 113GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 140 144 168 169 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 332 Mixed 196 SusWrite 176 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 33.3 160% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 78 127% 248 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 207 207 203 206 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 170 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 204 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 49GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 136 Write 95 Mixed 104 137% 112 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 2.6 187% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 41%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 32.5 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.2% 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	467x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x
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 $129Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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