Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	207% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	431 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 599 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 83.7 52% 69.2 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 75.6 53% 62.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,955 Write 1,322 Mixed 1,190 329% 1,489 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 23.5 154% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 23.2 32% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 254%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 55GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6896 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 148 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3624976581083 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	49.1% Average	Read 381 Write 107 Mixed 167 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 4.49 82% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 4.47 31% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 65%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 141 Mixed 46.5 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.71 177% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 213%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 5GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 13.7 Mixed 14.3 19% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.77 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 1.29 120% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 27.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 28.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 110%

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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	478x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
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 $94Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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