Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.3% 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	93.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 06:54
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 205 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 575 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 98.5 84% 105 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 97.2 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2349 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 462 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6099469578	93.8% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 397 Mixed 410 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 27.4 156% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 27.3 35% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 134%
Zota ZTSSD-A5P-240G-P 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 38GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2216 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 465 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 573	75.8% Very good	Read 523 Write 267 Mixed 501 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 14 126% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 13.9 26% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 109%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 171 3725 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6357 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.6% Average	Read 66.8 Write 74.3 Mixed 68.2 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 85%
WD WD2002FAEX-007BA 2TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 354GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8533 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2965 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2787 (C2) HDA temperature 117 87 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 138 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.41 148% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%
WD WD5000AAKX-00ERM 500GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 141GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 139 3408 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2044 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.2% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 98 Mixed 95.6 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 99%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16