Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 01:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 205 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 501 54% 426 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 142 Parallax 151 120% 147 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 110% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1633 Write 878 Mixed 469 217% 993 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 27.7 105% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 883 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 154 196% 375 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 99GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 116 115 121 124 115 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 365 Write 138 Mixed 180 SusWrite 119 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 22.6 81% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 134 96% 126 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 73%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 101GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 323 358 376 386 380 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 431 Write 357 Mixed 260 SusWrite 358 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 15.9 65% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 73.1 DQ Mixed 122 116% 191 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 119%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 650GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 115 113 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 128 Write 117 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 114 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 22 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 85%

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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 $178	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