Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 16:05
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 377 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 113 Parallax 93.5 80% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 95.3 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8176 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1797 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 412 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2162747 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 323 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 67 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18822	52.4% Above average	Read 501 Write 306 Mixed 337 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 5.39 4K Write 12.7 4K Mixed 8.77 26% 8.95 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 9.07 40% 84 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 6GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 60 60 41152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 982924680 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 1 1 104696 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 572194849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 69 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.5% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 44 Mixed 41.2 37% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 89%

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,816 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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