Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	208% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '22 at 07:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 212 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 624 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0438) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.96% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 0.5 2% 2 fps	MRender 4.8 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3 3% 3.23 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.96% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1174 218 415 1046 1015 425 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,648 Write 1,385 Mixed 676 SusWrite 716 246% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 63.5 216% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 888 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 624 488% 681 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 302%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 635GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 64 62 63 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 48.9 Write 71.1 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 62.8 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 171% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 223GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 101 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 364% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 65%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 233GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 87.3 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 86.7 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 111%

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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	477x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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