Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.21% 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	89.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 06:15
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 217 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 324 43% 324 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7730 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2795) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 10.7 7% 10.1 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.57 Splatting 12.2 8% 10 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 139 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1293 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 270 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 42 17182621724 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 270 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 116816 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 116816 (F2) Unknown 100 100 123412 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1497 (FC) Unknown 100 100 9	89.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 353 Mixed 445 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 36.3 109% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 83 121% 225 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 504GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108991784 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 410377267 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6721 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 39 39 61 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065713 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538050592 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16613 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 30064771104 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88755499182451 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62503468928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2555229353389	94% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 144 Mixed 148 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2878 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 28.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

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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	1,111x
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	340x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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