Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55% 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	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 20:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 148 70% 113 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 378 45% 345 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 80.1 55% 69.4 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 78 55% 65.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 146 102 119 126 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 286 Write 149 Mixed 257 SusWrite 128 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 22.9 60% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 95 72% 98 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 96GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 161 153 145 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 151 Mixed 107 SusWrite 156 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 166GB free Firmware: A41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 106 106 106 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 104 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 105 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$36 590 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID 1697 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 38.5 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 40.5 52% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.1 73% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 31.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

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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	1,115x
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 $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 $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