Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	92% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 18:46
Run Duration	639 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 535 56% 446 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 126 Parallax 104 88% 113 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 94.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6410 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 392 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (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 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21230967494	92% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 403 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 27.2 148% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 77.9 59% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10852 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 883 (B1) Unknown 96 96 76 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26809470020	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 409 Mixed 421 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 42.7 169% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 106 135% 242 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB 1,105 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 40GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4908 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9777 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3650 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 27 (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 200 253 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.3% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 50.5 Mixed 45.5 37% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.51 116% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 47%
Seagate ST3200826AS 200GB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 34GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 55 50 27478779 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 589928144 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2953 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 50 27478779 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.1% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 46.7 Mixed 44.2 36% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 19GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120445992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19988094 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (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 73 62 471007259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41967 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 9474697857305 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29844419548 (F2) Unknown 100 253 336374262350	78.9% Very good	Read 154 Write 121 Mixed 150 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 112%
USB Flash Disk 2GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 2095 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 3.33 Mixed 5.39 8% 8.08 MB/s	4K Read 6.36 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 24% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 6%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 4GB 1,235 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Read 26.1 Write 4.69 Mixed 7.31 12% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.75 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 37% 3.26 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 103%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 Builds (Compare 701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	478x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	66x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	14x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16