Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 702 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.9 85% 106 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 81.3 73% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 47 45 50 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 99 100 100 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 140 Write 137 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 99.4 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 599GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 161 163 162 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 162 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 159 158 159 158 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 106 SusWrite 158 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 39 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 41 Write 38.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 39.5 51% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 120%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 697 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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