Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.4% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 16:43
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 217 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 542 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 87% 106 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 0.2 46% 64.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 750 EVO 500G 500GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 225 39 40 36 37 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 425 Write 444 Mixed 285 SusWrite 112 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 45.5 133% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 340 261% 354 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 474GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 141 133 150 150 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 121 Write 131 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 138 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%
WD Elements 25A2 500GB 1,804 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 107GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 59 35 27 26 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 46.4 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 35.8 47% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 29.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 103%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 756 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $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