Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	242% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 21:19
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 577 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372C) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 35.3 30% 32.3 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 31.6 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1353 308 307 309 309 309 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,630 Write 1,451 Mixed 926 SusWrite 482 250% 1,123 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 89.5 317% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,247 DQ Mixed 1,009 790% 1,079 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 126GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 454 420 287 287 285 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 468 Mixed 391 SusWrite 358 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 47.6 163% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 328 247% 332 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 135GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 430 317 317 318 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 419 Mixed 416 SusWrite 353 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.8 231% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 326 246% 331 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 157GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 418 405 281 282 282 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 436 Mixed 393 SusWrite 352 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 47.7 162% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 328 247% 331 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
ADATA XPG EX500 120GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 1GB free, PID a73a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 313 Write 302 Mixed 322 404% 312 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 34.7 2,904% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 56.8 DQ Mixed 38.8 3,366% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 300%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 89%

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

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,816 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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