Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161229
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 471 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.71 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 100 100 12279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 133 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 227634774047 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 46013625207 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1458340561 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3036427214	101% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 420 Mixed 484 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 34.5 136% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 78.6 120% 228 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Seagate ST4000VN0001-1SF178 4TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 214740936 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4795085 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (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 66 49 790626338 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 650 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 107374182434 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 9 214740936 (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 56315611185490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5080019675 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1994004273	82.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 136 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.38 144% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 118%
Seagate ST4000VN0001-1SF178 4TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 908GB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 70819120 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 53 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2880810 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (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 68 52 706674720 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 598 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 107374182432 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 9 70819120 (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 34252364185925 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5980302255 (F2) Unknown 100 253 196539476	94.2% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 138 Mixed 126 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.35 133% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 118%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 64GB-$11 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 59GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 71.1 Write 27.4 Mixed 34.4 49% 44.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.74 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 25% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$98 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 25.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 113%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,114x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	546x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	357x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	226x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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