Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	156% 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	236% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 08:48
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 672 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% PNY(196E 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	156% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 230 Parallax 236 174% 227 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 211 Splatting 140 161% 205 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1130 939 1124 1102 1116 1091 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,867 Write 1,424 Mixed 777 SusWrite 1,084 287% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 57.1 206% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,023 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 456 406% 630 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 283%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 65GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 131 123 229 91 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 411 Write 357 Mixed 196 SusWrite 187 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 16.4 58% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 41.7 48% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 169GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 308 386 387 387 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 391 Write 376 Mixed 255 SusWrite 372 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 35.4 118% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 84.2 68% 97.5 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 113%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 150 176 176 177 177 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 163 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 171 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 111 130 130 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 116 Write 106 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 125 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 156GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 82 89 89 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 79.5 Write 72.5 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 87.5 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 67%
Lexar uSD UHS2 RDR 8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1GB free, PID b055 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 20 19 20 20 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 18.8 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 19.2 26% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.4 141% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,117x
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