Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 712 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 115 Parallax 94 81% 103 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 97.6 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 316 280 128 108 103 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 447 Write 439 Mixed 356 SusWrite 203 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 22.2 121% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 185 146% 208 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 52GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 440 467 321 119 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 452 Mixed 367 SusWrite 317 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.6 199% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 315 245% 337 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 238GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 328 108 126 109 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 898 Write 543 Mixed 582 SusWrite 218 124% 560 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 53.9 197% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 319 261% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 157%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 405GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 109 108 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 94 Write 90.7 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 108 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 153GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 100 97 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 119 Write 109 Mixed 82 SusWrite 99 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 323GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 84 84 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 84.1 Write 88.3 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 82.7 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 54%
JMicron 1TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 51.8 Write 53.9 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 53.7 68% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 76%
JMicron 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 178GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.6% Poor	Read 54.7 Write 54.6 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 55.1 68% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL14-16-16 D4-2400 4x16GB 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,120x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16