Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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	195% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '21 at 19:41
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 202 83% 141 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 652 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.8% 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: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 83.2 52% 73.3 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 44.4 44% 55.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.1% 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% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 416 411 405 397 389 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,382 Write 1,238 Mixed 555 SusWrite 449 202% 906 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 55.6 210% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 1,052 DQ Mixed 808 679% 985 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 254%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 107 108 103 108 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 343 Write 107 Mixed 142 SusWrite 105 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 13.8 99% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 29.7 44% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 65%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 418 409 409 415 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 415 Write 388 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 411 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 2 16% 5.47 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 5.7 10% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 565%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 7TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 285 342 325 333 335 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 341 Write 301 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 321 184% 255 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.7 341% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 262%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 13.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 62%

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Desktop 87%

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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	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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