Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 10:20
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 69.8 1-Core 26.8 2-Core 91.2 40% 62.6 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 557 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 76 Parallax 98.6 74% 88.4 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 91.4 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 186 80 65 61 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 404 Write 413 Mixed 324 SusWrite 119 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 23 86% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 204 181% 272 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 118%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 472GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 105 106 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 90 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 105 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 291GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 108 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2666C16/8G 16GB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1923, 1923 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 79%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,114x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16