Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.1% 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	230% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 21:42
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 588 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 21.8 15% 23.4 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 15 Splatting 33.8 22% 26 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,651 Write 1,189 Mixed 1,322 377% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 25.6 167% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 53.6 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 24.9 34% 60 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 35GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2446 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 181 (B1) Unknown 96 96 20 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4543015481	82.3% Excellent	Read 492 Write 275 Mixed 276 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 24.6 119% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 66.9 95% 182 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 110%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 92GB free Firmware: 3.CAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 60286032141 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2348 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 504692763 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 752 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 199862 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 62 15327760 (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	22.1% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 40.8 Mixed 34.4 28% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.22 52% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 29.5 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,123x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16