Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 10:46
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 741 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 67.3 66% 75.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71 Splatting 72.1 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A5) Unknown 100 100 589829 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 605 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 67 287764774955 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4294967297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 33 (EA) Unknown 100 100 54 (F1) Unknown 253 253 52 (F2) Unknown 253 253 27 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.9% Above average	Read 483 Write 273 Mixed 298 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 8.44 73% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 33.1 DQ Mixed 8.23 12% 21.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 104%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 183 178 7825 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 556 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3367 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.6% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 81.1 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBR2 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	469x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16