Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 92.9%, 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	122% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 22:30
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 725 78% 621 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.75 6% 9.48 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 148 Parallax 136 108% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 291 293 294 293 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 433 Mixed 370 SusWrite 310 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65 220% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 435 425 427 426 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 438 Mixed 360 SusWrite 435 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 59.6 210% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 240 212% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 126%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: JU000U SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 140 140 141 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 140 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 213% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%
WD My Passport 0810 500GB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 438GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 100 99 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 97 Write 98.8 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 102 120% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	478x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16