Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJul 11 '18 at 17:08
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
Memory 95
1-Core 152
2-Core 305
101% 184 Pts
4-Core 561
8-Core 551
75% 556 Pts
64-Core 582
36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Lighting 92
Reflection 82.9
Parallax 81.9
75% 85.6 fps
MRender 86.7
Gravity 81
Splatting 73.3
65% 80.3 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 84 43 97 106 115 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
65.5% Good
Read 141
Write 141
Mixed 73
SusWrite 87.1
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
148GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 154 153 153 155 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Read 150
Write 140
Mixed 95.5
SusWrite 153
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2640 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
92.2% Outstanding
MC Read 33.3
MC Write 35.4
MC Mixed 30.3
94% 33 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 33
SC Mixed 26.5
76% 26.6 GB/s
Latency 57.2
70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 92.2%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $652
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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