Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	235% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 17:56
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-6700K-$298 381,041 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	1-Core 126 2-Core 224 84% 175 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 670 70% 547 Pts	64-Core 669 45% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$500 40,660 User benchmarks, average bench 112% Asus(1043 8706) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 472 Reflection 397 Parallax 489 124% 452 fps	MRender 388 Gravity 408 Splatting 255 119% 351 fps
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 120%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$199 25,955 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 727 894 870 823 841 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,003 Write 934 Mixed 721 SusWrite 834 248% 1,123 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 59.4 238% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 383 367% 599 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 239%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 256GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 34GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 22 28 26 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 16.5 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 22.9 26% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 2.6 118% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 727 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 656GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 106 105 107 106 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 32 SusWrite 105 115% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 61%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 3,048 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 166 160 157 160 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 158 Mixed 109 SusWrite 159 196% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 82%
WD My Book 25ED 8TB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 128 125 124 128 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 172 Write 181 Mixed 114 SusWrite 129 199% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x4GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 95%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 80%, 381,041 samples	1,344x
Core i5-6600KIntel $200Bench 76%, 216,850 samples	244x
Core i7-7700KIntel $378Bench 87%, 345,135 samples	109x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	282x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 134%, 422,679 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 112%, 375,272 samples	181x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $50Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	136x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $350Bench 224%, 37,528 samples	133x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 269,498 samples	66x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 33,337 samples	58x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 72%, 56,634 samples	43x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,008

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $58
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24