Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 S (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 16:54
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 240 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 613 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2876 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 189 Parallax 174 144% 180 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 186 Splatting 125 120% 148 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 407 412 405 398 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 418 Mixed 324 SusWrite 402 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 29.6 109% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 346 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 147 147 149 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 88.4 Write 64.6 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 148 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 194 196 195 195 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 70.5 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 195 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 69% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	465x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	82x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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