Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	276% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 04:17
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 278 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 800 75% 626 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.3 86% 107 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 305 309 310 309 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2492 Write 1,469 Mixed 941 SusWrite 361 290% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 93.3 326% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 1416 DQ Mixed 1,012 817% 1,134 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 141GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 442 480 478 473 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 373 SusWrite 468 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 50.7 186% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 350 266% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 545GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 154 157 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 157 Mixed 110 SusWrite 155 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 89%

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

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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 $242Bench 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