Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 13:33
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 717 68% 565 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 61.4 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 59.8 50% 63.9 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 56.1 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 451GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 500 Mixed 517 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 35.1 115% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 126 124% 198 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 97%
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4202 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 275 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4587617 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6357062 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 61 51 210454839335 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16825 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17200 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19274 (F4) Unknown 100 100 70 (F5) Unknown 100 100 97 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4719008	68.7% Good	Read 518 Write 78.8 Mixed 116 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 13.3 105% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 63.5 112% 221 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 92%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 190GB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46021536 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1004 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4958784 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 588906530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1007 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 98784247842 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.2% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 78.8 74% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 79%

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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 $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 $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 $300	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