Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	186% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 817 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 221 Parallax 209 156% 207 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 187 Splatting 136 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,037 Write 975 Mixed 989 224% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.3 204% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 197 234% 402 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 313%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23612880 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 659804095 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 8590065675 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 420544537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8284 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 25769803801 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 23612880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -96546569839562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2005404983315 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1010754711
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 171 4675 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2720 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 554 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23078 (C2) HDA temperature 125 95 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 143 Mixed 134 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.27 117% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128120376 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20393972 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4632 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 39 417082900508 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34542 (C2) HDA temperature 28 61 17179869212 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70403103920156 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52757539845369 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19397633741509	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 173 Mixed 151 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 908GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 163 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4100 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2080 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 69212 (C2) HDA temperature 123 93 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 98.9 Write 124 Mixed 94.9 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.23 54% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 31.5 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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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	468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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