Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	162% 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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 11:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 250 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 393 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 82% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 50.2 56% 60.6 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 70.4 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% 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% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 232 248 71 60 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,716 Write 424 Mixed 57 SusWrite 142 125% 585 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 48.6 209% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 418 DQ Write 559 DQ Mixed 67.8 169% 348 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 179%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 113 111 111 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	62% Good	Read 107 Write 101 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 109 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 87%

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 @ 2603 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 12.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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