Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '16 at 18:21
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 711 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 118 Parallax 112 97% 116 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 91GB free Firmware: 1.29 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 4841414 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -75153337704469 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1085 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 209 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 4841414 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30464 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17024 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17024 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32576	40.8% Average	Read 232 Write 68.4 Mixed 93.9 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 10.9 83% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93.3 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 22.3 32% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 49%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17849 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 338 (B1) Unknown 90 90 110 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 43 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 272 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44803030195
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 386GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 101 (03) Spinup time 217 217 34376188158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 862 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4391 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 240518889504 (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	42.2% Average	Read 92.2 Write 55.1 Mixed 82.3 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.24 57% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 241GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 201 201 34378744065 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 872 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2111 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 223339020317 (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 4	45.7% Average	Read 64.6 Write 94.6 Mixed 68.2 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.24 58% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 116%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	467x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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