Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.3% 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '24 at 14:13
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 666 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 130 Parallax 111 100% 121 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 126 Splatting 88.8 83% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair MP600 CORE 1TB 3,155 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM52.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 293 173 161 156 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,414 Write 1,738 Mixed 1202 SusWrite 211 256% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 16 148% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 99.1 77% 107 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 320%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 67 57 56 55 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 466 Write 359 Mixed 114 SusWrite 81 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 36.3 129% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 105 126% 222 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 197 194 195 194 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 135 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 195 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 KHX2133C14/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 100%

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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	46	10	60	23.9"	1280 720	SAM707D LF24T35

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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	470x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	20x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16