Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	126% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 469 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 100 Parallax 79 85% 94.5 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 404 391 362 354 352 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 449 Mixed 388 SusWrite 382 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 64.4 218% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 400GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 405 420 450 436 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 218 Mixed 278 SusWrite 427 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.5 217% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 254 220% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

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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	469x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	20x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $643

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16