Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.4% 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	194% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 12:17
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 515 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 41 38% 44.7 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 525GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 347GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 171799805979 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 570229197 (F7) Unknown 100 100 17853444 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2980015 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1944 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 471 Mixed 484 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.9 131% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 62.7 113% 223 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 906 Mixed 1,104 266% 1,206 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 51.2 181% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 186 198% 332 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 27016 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41186641 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2287 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065717 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4025 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 13 27016 (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 34900904250614 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1481787172 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3312916405	72% Very good	Read 131 Write 119 Mixed 97 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 3.95 4K Mixed 0.51 158% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 75%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 52GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 128 Write 32 Mixed 35.4 64% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.09 8% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,117x
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 $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