Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	163% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 17:44
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 807 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 108% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,198 Write 751 Mixed 985 217% 978 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 39.6 208% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 25.8 61% 119 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 243%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 98GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40006 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1052 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 159 (AE) Unknown 100 100 163 (B5) Unknown 100 100 131388205909032 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	42.7% Average	Read 480 Write 180 Mixed 265 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 7.76 4K Mixed 4.38 45% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 121 121 51578864215 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1284 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16136 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 292058890269 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 90.3 Mixed 88.9 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 205GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206977552 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81489265 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1324 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360394201 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 41 241140301853 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3463 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 15 206977552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33170032460331 (F1) Unknown 100 253 702475928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3204808706	43.4% Average	Read 78.3 Write 72.8 Mixed 75.4 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.52 101% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 73%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Read 25.6 Write 7.75 Mixed 11.4 16% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.63 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 29% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.8% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $650

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