Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 00:29
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 693 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2043 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 103% 130 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13017 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1439 (B1) Unknown 88 88 246 (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 58 48 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 857 (F1) Unknown 99 99 170630076612	99.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 408 Mixed 414 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 33.2 145% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 25.2 82% 177 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 103GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5609039 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 64484639003597 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 326 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 56 51543277614 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5609039 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5609039 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5609039 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14304 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12537 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12537 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7983	83% Excellent	Read 490 Write 270 Mixed 338 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 17.1 123% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 66.1 102% 196 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 596GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 50345289 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 146 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18911329 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 49 856883247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 325 (C2) HDA temperature 47 14 60129542191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 1 50345289 (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 23888608105685 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8196819489 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4023900688	92.8% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 150 Mixed 140 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.32 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 176GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 176 5683 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3174 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1757 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4251 (C2) HDA temperature 101 92 49 (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 200 200 307 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 71.7 Write 68.4 Mixed 64.6 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.38 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,384 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 95%

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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	1,111x
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	340x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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