Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
ProcessorWith 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive84.1% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime3.4 Days
Run DateNov 08 '22 at 04:11
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
74.4% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 103
2-Core 187
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 551
56% 453 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.2% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 129
Parallax 120
98% 123 fps
MRender 92.4
Gravity 125
Splatting 110
90% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2BP480G4 480GB
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L2010420
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 330 323 373 371 379 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Read 350
Write 353
Mixed 231
SusWrite 349
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 67.3
4K Mixed 31.2
115% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 287
218% 296 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 113%
Samsun SM841 2.5" 512GB
204GB free
Firmware: DXM01D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 243 228 269 260 222 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
84.4% Excellent
Read 439
Write 343
Mixed 283
SusWrite 251
74% 329 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 62.9
4K Mixed 34.5
118% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 153
164% 274 MB/s
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$170
1.5TB free
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1369 1416 1442 1509 1499 1524 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
248% Outstanding
Read 1,790
Write 1,602
Mixed 1,554
SusWrite 1460
360% 1,601 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 59
190% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 770
DQ Write 475
DQ Mixed 613
459% 619 MB/s
Poor: 283%
This bench: 248%
Great: 526%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.7% Good
MC Read 26
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 22.5
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 21.6
59% 20.5 GB/s
Latency 75.2
53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $650
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