Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 210 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 678 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% 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 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 52.1 94% 95 fps	MRender 46 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 47.3 45% 55.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 342 Write 139 Mixed 213 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 17.4 101% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 55.8 61% 103 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 865GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 416 417 389 414 417 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 412 Mixed 372 SusWrite 407 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.8 178% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 256GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 75 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 87.3 Write 91 Mixed 81 SusWrite 76.2 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 647GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 83 79 88 81 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 87 Write 64.5 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 83.5 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 65%
Verbatim STORE N GO 2GB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 27.5 Write 10 Mixed 8.3 16% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 16.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 88%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 S Builds (Compare 752 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	465x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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