Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	15.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 16:34
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 569 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1686 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 19.4 17% 21.3 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 3.65 14% 18.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4786 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 634 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 51 45 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4195784364	116% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 49.8 183% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 117 142% 252 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 131%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 262GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,634 Write 1,004 Mixed 1,334 294% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 52.4 237% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 529 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 231 248% 413 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 230%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 574 Write 296 Mixed 252 277% 374 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 4.85 4K Mixed 0.61 892% 7.69 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 213%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 8GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 45.5 Write 8.76 Mixed 13 22% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.54 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 1.5 141% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$70 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	79x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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