Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 00:01
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 855 89% 713 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 74.6 64% 76.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 70.3 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 388 371 369 412 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 426 Mixed 303 SusWrite 393 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 42.3 153% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 209 184% 276 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 48GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 187 202 202 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 485 Write 196 Mixed 239 SusWrite 196 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 20.6 128% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 57.9 63% 106 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 72%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 99 104 105 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 132 Write 126 Mixed 94.6 SusWrite 104 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-005.A00G 2x8GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

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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 2,813 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	1,114x
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