Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.7% 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	137% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 11:33
Run Duration	369 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 533 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 83% 105 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 97.7 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,405 Write 571 Mixed 814 204% 930 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 24.7 141% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 25.1 39% 70.4 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 157%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 547GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 163696 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 36 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 4686 (F1) Unknown 200 200 26129112793 (F2) Unknown 200 200 24626673437	89.7% Excellent	Read 174 Write 138 Mixed 133 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 12GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 142 Write 81.8 Mixed 102 130% 109 MB/s	4K Read 4.66 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 1.38 133% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 38%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 16GB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 9GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 121 Write 13.5 Mixed 25.6 48% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.007 62% 5.49 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 24%
JetFlash Transcend 4GB 5,016 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	5.73% Terrible	Read 22 Write 5.88 Mixed 7.01 12% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.23 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.73% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 91%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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