Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 03:40
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 742 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37B5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 124 Parallax 127 113% 130 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 126 Splatting 99.3 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 548 430 428 430 431 430 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,568 Write 1,458 Mixed 1,222 SusWrite 450 263% 1,174 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 67.6 252% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 1,088 DQ Mixed 358 363% 558 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 228%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 289GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 151 151 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 147 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 150 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 224GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 110 111 111 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 103 Write 89.2 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 110 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 393GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 91 105 98 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 90 Write 102 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 94.8 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.4 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 26.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 104%

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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	468x
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	138x
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 $182	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) $30	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