Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 11:04
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 281 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 498 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D9) 3GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (75 fps cap detected)	61.3% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 65.2 61% 71.9 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 76 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 135 134 132 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 372 SusWrite 169 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.6 228% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 145GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 52 52 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 56 Mixed 44 SusWrite 52.1 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 121 118 120 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 69 Write 137 Mixed 39 SusWrite 119 66% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 86%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 121GB free Firmware: AX002M SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 57 54 57 54 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 77.7 Write 76.2 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 55.3 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 54%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 23 24 24 9.9 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 13.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 19.1 20% 16 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ DDR4 2400 2OZ Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 16GB 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns

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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 $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