Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 16:15
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	LSO-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 208 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 620 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 103 91% 108 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 94.8 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (A5) Unknown 100 100 511223072325 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 189 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 227634380838 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6614288434692 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3204 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16811 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13047 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13730 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.7% Very good	Read 471 Write 310 Mixed 307 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 13 96% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 12.9 71% 164 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 517GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214694848 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55286169 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 907935784 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 136908 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 47244640296 (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 89004607288527 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23502460920476 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -94633811457946	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 169 Mixed 143 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.29 85% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 223GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227728482 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18120248 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1276 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 42 1461179908139 (C2) HDA temperature 43 58 34359738411 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 19 227728482 (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 -109414291836981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 975219898 (F2) Unknown 100 253 486349193	58.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 96.7 Mixed 97.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 81GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199138831 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11073 (05) Reallocated sector count 86 86 607 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30904628 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1479 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 202704224296 (C2) HDA temperature 40 58 42949673000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 17 199138831 (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 -72709501317951 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2793860045 (F2) Unknown 100 253 924303726	57.2% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 102 Mixed 79.2 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 41GB free Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217271080 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 614143638 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2285 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 552 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 479 (BE) vendor-specific 57 43 829802938411 (C2) HDA temperature 43 57 42949673003 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 25 217271080 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 93.1 Mixed 75.2 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.29 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 32.6 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 26 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 111%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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) $30	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