Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	140% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 11:16
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i7-6700-$170 282,363 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 (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 203 82% 139 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 650 62% 515 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 478 418 454 523 436 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 1722 Mixed 938 SusWrite 478 230% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 41 146% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1186 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 135 228% 476 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 262%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$65 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 93GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 182 180 185 180 171 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.3% Above average	Read 240 Write 208 Mixed 267 SusWrite 175 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 32.5 103% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 169 120% 156 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 84%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$94 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 116 109 118 113 111 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 128 Write 99.3 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1065 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 117 107 117 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 105 Write 128 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 112 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 75%
WD WD4000FDYZ-27YA5B0 4TB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1TB free Firmware: 2E.J SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 103 111 108 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 108 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/8G 24GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2720, 2720, 2720, 2720 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 28.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	472x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	127x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	21x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $790

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16