Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151001
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateMar 15 '18 at 19:23
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 49%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 82.5
1-Core 137
2-Core 274
90% 165 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 754
74% 607 Pts
64-Core 764
47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 111
Parallax 104
90% 108 fps
MRender 94.4
Gravity 100
Splatting 93.6
78% 96.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 356
Write 183
Mixed 238
57% 259 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 8.63
69% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 23.8
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 7.62
31% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 87%
Toshiba External USB HDD 500GB
345GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
18% Very poor
Read 38.8
Write 38.6
Mixed 31.8
46% 36.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 1.25
4K Mixed 0.28
54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 18%
Great: 20%
BUFFALO HD-PZU3 1TB
102GB free, PID 01f9
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
29.5% Poor
Read 67.2
Write 66.3
Mixed 48.7
76% 60.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.36
4K Write 1.71
4K Mixed 0.3
70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 29.5%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
75.4% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.8
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 23.2
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 76.1
53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 696 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $546
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