Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 14:36
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 725 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 135 102% 132 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 135 55 54 53 53 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 346 Write 357 Mixed 316 SusWrite 82.4 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 44.8 152% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 212 162% 218 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 243GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 458 216 154 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 450 Mixed 374 SusWrite 264 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 41.2 156% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 302 222% 287 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 95%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 211GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 456 393 366 366 371 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 433 Mixed 363 SusWrite 399 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 44.1 163% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 337 255% 342 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 364GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,688 Write 8,096 Mixed 8,211 1,861% 8,331 MB/s	4K Read 713 4K Write 434 4K Mixed 391 1,812% 513 MB/s	DQ Read 1,818 DQ Write 1,332 DQ Mixed 1,387 1,088% 1,512 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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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 $485Bench 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 $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