Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 22:09
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 39.1 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 239 59% 121 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 514 65% 493 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.67% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 6.15 Parallax 13.8 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 16 Splatting 14.8 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 9.67% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (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 80 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 65 150324510742 (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 2675146823 (F7) Unknown 100 100 84281537 (F8) Unknown 100 100 34852688 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1260 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	69.7% Good	Read 475 Write 333 Mixed 336 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 17.6 85% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 35.5 50% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 912GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 95598295 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 155859554 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (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 65 56 621871139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1036 (C2) HDA temperature 35 7 30064771107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 95598295 (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 -96954591735625 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14652578721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29682909558	92.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 159 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 207 19% 207 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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