Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 23:10
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 530 71% 528 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2156 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 84.9 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 73.8 69% 81.3 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 77 64% 77.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 117GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21599 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2952 (B1) Unknown 86 86 495 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 450 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61080392798	71.6% Very good	Read 501 Write 245 Mixed 344 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 20.5 96% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 58.1 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2645 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4120 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 749326 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 25330 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 158727 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 749326 (F2) Unknown 100 100 891558	47.1% Average	Read 258 Write 166 Mixed 184 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 16 73% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 32.5 44% 82 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 650GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 119 100 25790710077 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3099 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 98 98 196607 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 487392915 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 404946977 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9875 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9875 (C2) HDA temperature 181 142 180389412897 (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 200 200 0	69.3% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 30.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 97%

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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	1,115x
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 $178	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