Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '22 at 14:40
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 177 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 525 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 65.3 51% 67.8 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 65 Splatting 58.9 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,091 Write 1,308 Mixed 1,166 336% 1,522 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.5 221% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 949 DQ Write 706 DQ Mixed 841 625% 832 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$65 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 48GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 110 129 107 119 128 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.5% Good	Read 226 Write 216 Mixed 194 SusWrite 120 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 36.5 128% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 153 124% 175 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 380GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 164 165 167 164 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 150 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 164 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 113%
IET VIRTUAL-DISK 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 100GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 86.9 Write 74.9 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 33.2 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 6.5 1,064% 5.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 51%
IET VIRTUAL-DISK 500GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 392GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 81.2 Write 75.4 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 33.3 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 5.5 980% 5.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 43%
IET VIRTUAL-DISK 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 13GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 33 34 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 79 Write 57.2 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 33.2 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 6.3 1,053% 6.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1913 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.2% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 80%

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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	475x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	128x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
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	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359