Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% 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 Drive	305% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 272 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 768 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.5 86% 107 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 99 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,700 Write 2,009 Mixed 2,043 500% 2,250 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.2 206% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 106 116% 196 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 371%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 877GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7592 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 105 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 222059717	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 412 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 48.7 174% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 128 147% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 223GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14265 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 193 (B1) Unknown 98 98 86 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 67061639977	116% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 499 Mixed 507 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 44.8 160% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 155 169% 283 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Marvell Raid VD 4TB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 173 173 38680854889 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 274 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 210454577195 (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	46.4% Average	Read 66.2 Write 95.1 Mixed 102 67% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.48 114% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 186%
Marvell Raid VD 4TB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 140 (03) Spinup time 166 166 38681969015 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 272 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 210454642733 (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	68.2% Good	Read 97.9 Write 140 Mixed 127 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.59 117% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 186%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 936GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 177 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 210 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2391 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59.8% Above average	Read 123 Write 84.8 Mixed 120 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 100%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 16GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 14GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 9.22 Mixed 11.9 15% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.88 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.04 20% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 113%

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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 $400Bench 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 $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 $269	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 $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 $40	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