Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	224% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 22:59
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 711 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6136 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.67 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 193 Parallax 168 149% 182 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 1,058 Mixed 1,263 317% 1,436 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 44.7 213% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 152 172% 294 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 243%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 13GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28179 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1171 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 58 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 624277 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 624277 (F2) Unknown 100 100 369778	42.9% Average	Read 259 Write 133 Mixed 167 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 11.4 68% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 62.4 DQ Mixed 31.9 42% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 48%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 561GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8239 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1156 (10) Unknown 16 184 294761725077 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8180 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 40 (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	88.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 150 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 CMD L4M4A2666C15 CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 CMD L4M4A2666C15 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.7 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 93%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	478x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16