Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.64% 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	104% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 08:39
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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-$40 110,166 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)	75.7% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 334 45% 336 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 68%

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. 21.20.16.4664 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 6.41 6% 7.86 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 14.8 9% 9.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 197 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1884 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 384 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 49 17183080485 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 384 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 227164 (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 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 227164 (F2) Unknown 100 100 176813 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4119 (FC) Unknown 100 100 27	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 441 Mixed 488 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.1 142% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 79.7 120% 224 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 804GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126479232 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 415376370 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7272 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 23 23 77 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065713 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 622788644 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20929 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 30064771108 (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 -102125732353123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69602247418 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2620634066765
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 16GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62130671 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1018 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 839516200 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 42949673000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 68 69025225 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	52.1% Above average	Read 92 Write 89.6 Mixed 83 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

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 @ 2604 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.4 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 89%

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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	1,117x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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