Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive116% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z170 S  (all builds)
Memory20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160627
Uptime3.4 Days
Run DateDec 19 '19 at 01:45
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 84.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 243
85% 152 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 654
66% 533 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 176
Reflection 189
Parallax 171
144% 179 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 178
Splatting 115
111% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
242GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 291 307 303 305 297 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 473
Write 442
Mixed 372
SusWrite 316
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 58.2
198% 71.4 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 358
269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 116%
Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300
485GB free
Firmware: X212T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 633 718 595 531 524 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 67% Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.8% Very good
MC Read 24.5
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 23
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 27.4
SC Mixed 20.6
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $652
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