Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.5% 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 Drive	110% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '23 at 00:14
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 696 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4073) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 118 Parallax 122 105% 123 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 106 Splatting 91.4 89% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 312 322 290 308 302 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 444 Mixed 402 SusWrite 313 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 55.7 179% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 262 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 17GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 436 Write 439 Mixed 361 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 38.5 132% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 192 174% 264 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	144	27.6"	1280 720	ACR0805 ED320QR S

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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	469x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	20x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $647

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16