Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	176% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 567 76% 565 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 37.5 36% 41.1 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 33.7 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 966 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 664 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 29 (AE) Unknown 99 99 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 824 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 43 50 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 7552 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4241 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3860	176% Outstanding	Read 1,694 Write 795 Mixed 1,288 278% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 39.3 124% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 216 228% 380 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 220%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 131 Mixed 81.1 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 7.44 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.47 459% 4.38 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 540GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167450744 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6066256 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 668 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 454230042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3307 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (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 -67323612364339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4327239197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4548709195	65% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 4x8GB 293 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 78%

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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 $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 $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 $295	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