Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 10:50
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 253 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 569 64% 504 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 153C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 132 Parallax 155 122% 146 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 123 Splatting 100 100% 125 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 154 41 41 63 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 359 Write 249 Mixed 132 SusWrite 80.1 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 25.4 99% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 128 124% 203 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 97%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 30GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 76 125 78 68 78 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 169 Write 131 Mixed 141 SusWrite 84.6 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 24 100% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 87.8 77% 115 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 61%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 963GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 150 158 155 153 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 114 Write 136 Mixed 20 SusWrite 154 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 72GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 97 96 94 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 122 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 94.3 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 121GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 78 Write 76 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 73.8 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 84%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 170GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 98 101 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 53.5 Write 157 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 101 61% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.7 290% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 113%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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