Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.9% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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, 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '19 at 20:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 37.8 1-Core 52 2-Core 104 36% 64.5 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 433 48% 378 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.5% 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: 431.60 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.9% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 103 Parallax 100 64% 93.8 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 93.1 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 43 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 411 Write 388 Mixed 327 SusWrite 69.6 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 26.2 108% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 220 195% 292 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 118%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 472GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 92.8 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 288GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 105 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 103 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2666C16/8G 16GB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 4.9 15% 5.33 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 213 19% 213 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 79%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
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	340x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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