Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% 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	258% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

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	60.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 269 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 803 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 98% 117 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 101 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 865GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1655 1740 1526 1295 1277 1297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 1,581 Mixed 1,237 SusWrite 1465 352% 1,572 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 55.1 193% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 1,146 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 247 281% 511 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 410%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$160 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 359% 1.5TB free Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1526 1372 1460 1555 1520 1555 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,416 Write 1,630 Mixed 1,327 SusWrite 1,498 332% 1,468 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 57.8 171% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 237 279% 517 MB/s
Poor: 207% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 500%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 157 154 154 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 151 Mixed 106 SusWrite 157 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-32GVK 2x31.5GB 1,890 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 142%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16