Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34% 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	279% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 328 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 43 35% 42.4 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36.6 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,391 Write 1,097 Mixed 1,356 355% 1,615 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 71.4 271% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 867 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 266 327% 582 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 236%
SSD 64GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 9GB free Firmware: S5FA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2436 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10819 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2497 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (AA) Unknown 100 100 42949673071 (AD) Unknown 100 100 110299443 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6	36.7% Below average	Read 227 Write 202 Mixed 159 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 9.87 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 3.6 45% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 68.2 DQ Write 54 DQ Mixed 3.2 18% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 150GB free Firmware: SM15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137793336 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13368924 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1549 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27376 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 64424509468 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 76.8 Write 91.7 Mixed 86 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.44 165% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 64%
WD WD5000AAKS-00V1A 500GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 145GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6675 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6290 (C2) HDA temperature 111 80 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.4% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 59.3 Mixed 61 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 23 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	358x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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