Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.9% 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 Drive150% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160627
Uptime2 Days
Run DateJul 01 '20 at 05:02
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 90.3
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 647
66% 534 Pts
64-Core 611
38% 611 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 113
Parallax 107
84% 107 fps
MRender 97.4
Gravity 97.2
Splatting 100
81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 372 348 358 340 318 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
150% Outstanding
Read 1,587
Write 700
Mixed 474
SusWrite 354
171% 779 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 47.8
131% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 789
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 364
306% 461 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 150%
Great: 243%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$380
1TB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 381 444 456 440 443 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 444
Write 429
Mixed 419
SusWrite 411
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 46.2
168% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 345
259% 346 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
2TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 119 119 120 119 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 120
Write 114
Mixed 66
SusWrite 118
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.4% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.2
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 22.9
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 754 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $664
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
If you make a purchase via one of these links, our site may earn a commission
Today's hottest deals
About  •  User Guide  •  FAQs  •  Email  •  Privacy  •  Developer  •  YouTube Feedback