Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '16 at 21:53
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 700 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 66.4 62% 73.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 71.6 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 73 68 137439871003 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9599	70.5% Very good	Read 506 Write 340 Mixed 346 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 9.56 97% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 9.23 20% 38.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 101%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 21467 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1016 (C2) HDA temperature 126 103 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.1% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 106 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 6650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 163505 (C2) HDA temperature 128 102 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 10	61.9% Good	Read 105 Write 111 Mixed 96.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464878 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 150324772896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 177 Mixed 157 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%
WD 5000AAK External 500GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 184GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 42.7 Write 42.4 Mixed 38.4 53% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 120GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 81GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 79%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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