Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 01:50
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 145 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 398 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2592 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 156 Parallax 131 115% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 296 313 299 302 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 483 Mixed 385 SusWrite 308 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 67.3 234% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 95GB free Firmware: R0427AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 206 146 145 147 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 455 Mixed 420 SusWrite 205 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 61.2 210% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 261 206% 281 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 211GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 198 195 195 195 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 140 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 196 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 34.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	359x

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	227x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16