Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161129
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 10 '18 at 14:47
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU 16%
Watch Gameplay: 2070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 94.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 251
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 425
62% 452 Pts
64-Core 468
29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 131
Parallax 135
112% 134 fps
MRender 179
Gravity 131
Splatting 107
110% 139 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35
112GB free
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 128 127 128 127 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 474
Mixed 356
SusWrite 155
83% 372 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 57.8
204% 73.6 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 319
251% 348 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
595GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 150 163 159 171 165 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 182
Mixed 79.5
SusWrite 150
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 113%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 41 41 41 42 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
22.9% Poor
Read 38.3
Write 41.7
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 40.2
29% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.7
197% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 22.9%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
91.6% Outstanding
MC Read 32.7
MC Write 35.6
MC Mixed 30
94% 32.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 34.6
SC Mixed 27
76% 26.6 GB/s
Latency 59
68% 59 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 697 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $532
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