Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 03:08
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 584 74% 561 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 113 70% 86.5 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 78 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 304 314 316 317 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,700 Write 1,165 Mixed 754 SusWrite 342 219% 990 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 91.6 317% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,585 DQ Write 1,094 DQ Mixed 870 777% 1,183 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3000NM0033-9ZM178 3TB 1,501 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: GA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 166 165 166 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 165 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 102%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 917GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 133 132 131 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 143 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 133 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 35 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%

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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 $130Bench 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