Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 S (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 01 '16 at 06:00
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$170 588,978 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 (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 250 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 735 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 48 Parallax 42.5 42% 47.3 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 355 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 128 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1460000668	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 489 Mixed 505 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.4 167% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 154 170% 288 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 104GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 340 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 92 (A9) Unknown 100 100 251 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 304 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 39 167505231911 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 56 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 56 (F1) Unknown 253 253 734847145 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4191126115 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	81.2% Excellent	Read 400 Write 294 Mixed 297 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 25 125% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 50.3 86% 170 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 680GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71780872 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 525158 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 521732124 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3550 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 73014444060 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113550345371507 (F1) Unknown 100 253 975470544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 917395312	102% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 165 Mixed 169 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$23 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 358GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 153 5166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1113 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 753 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2265 (C2) HDA temperature 114 75 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 86.7 Write 83.6 Mixed 84.2 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.37 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 69%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 149GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 176 3625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1255 (BE) vendor-specific 61 20 39 (C2) HDA temperature 108 67 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.8% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 62.6 Mixed 61.6 47% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.49 116% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 35%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 605GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 38.8 Mixed 39.4 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.41 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 25.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 107%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	128x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	25x
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 5,640 samples	21x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $792

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $120
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363