Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	243% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 14:58
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 133 2-Core 240 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 726 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 211 Parallax 182 154% 194 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 154 Splatting 127 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,716 Write 1,224 Mixed 1,236 309% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 61.6 257% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 218 234% 396 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 25GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (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 31275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 29966694252 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	100% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 363 Mixed 365 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 37.3 156% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 126 144% 247 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 8GB free Firmware: 1.25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22827006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 122466697517167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 184 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 1 129 545469300737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 22827006 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4928 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5568 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5568 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20864	49.2% Average	Read 206 Write 97.9 Mixed 117 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 17.5 103% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 34.8 47% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 55%
Seagate BUP Slim GD 2TB 487 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 332GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 113 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 21GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 143 10741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 91 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 47 (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	67.9% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 124 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3000C15-8GTZR F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-3000C15-8GTZR 32GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 103%

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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