Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	238% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 13:48
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 663 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 168 Parallax 179 148% 176 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 151 Splatting 109 117% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 753GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1159 1353 1161 1055 910 573 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,445 Write 1502 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 1,035 284% 1,262 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 76.7 268% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 269 342% 600 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 255%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 98GB free Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 248 151 82 73 33 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 486 Write 401 Mixed 332 SusWrite 164 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 20.2 123% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 24.6 76% 156 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 145 106 68 57 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 425 Mixed 341 SusWrite 121 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 51.9 191% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 172 178% 291 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 539GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 106 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 26.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 28.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%

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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	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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