Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	183% 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	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.

Run History

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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$51 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 239 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 397 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 2438) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 72.6 62% 74.6 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 73.3 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$33 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 352 65 52 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,752 Write 544 Mixed 722 SusWrite 183 175% 800 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 240 4K Mixed 48.6 273% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 67.4 168% 347 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 179%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 125 127 131 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 128 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 87%
SanDisk SSD_PLUS_240 240GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 137GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 166 141 93 149 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 239 Mixed 259 SusWrite 148 322% 255 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 17.1 1,321% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 20.4 DQ Mixed 17.3 1,344% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 149%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 25.4 Write 8 Mixed 4.3 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3E1 1x8GB 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2440 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% 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%

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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	1,123x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16