Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	309% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 16:10
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 152 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 579 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 101 79% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 92 Splatting 95 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$144 676 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1358 1356 1383 1469 1487 1437 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,202 Write 1,493 Mixed 1,071 SusWrite 1415 345% 1,545 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 83.2 280% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1075 DQ Write 1,088 DQ Mixed 1,069 807% 1,077 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 340%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 335 Write 425 Mixed 353 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 42.3 143% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 246 198% 276 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 95%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 58GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 43 45 47 44 45 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 61 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 45 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 43%
ASMT 2115 160GB 268 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 39.7 Write 38 Mixed 37.7 49% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 10.5 716% 9.63 MB/s	DQ Read 10.6 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 11.3 968% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 4x8GB 4,811 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 23.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
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 $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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