Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	351% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 07:10
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 726 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 151 Parallax 125 108% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 122GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 75 78 74 77 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 475 Mixed 378 SusWrite 117 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 62.4 218% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 333 233% 292 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 469GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1651 1504 1500 1542 1548 1537 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2,585 Write 2,386 Mixed 1,890 SusWrite 1547 472% 2,102 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 93.9 312% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,324 DQ Write 1,177 DQ Mixed 1,244 935% 1,248 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 410%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 172 171 172 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 469 Write 174 Mixed 192 SusWrite 171 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 11.9 108% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 56.9 75% 135 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 678GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 109 111 111 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 83.8 Write 163 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 113 72% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 107%
WD 5000AAC External 500GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 352GB free, PID 0910 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 42.1 52% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

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