Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 09:14
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 88.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 148 72% 117 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 151 21% 156 Pts	64-Core 138 9% 138 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 102 81% 102 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 99.3 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 180 175 140 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 455 Write 178 Mixed 220 SusWrite 156 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.9 160% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 133 128% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 92%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 393GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 477 476 478 478 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 471 Mixed 446 SusWrite 475 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.3 202% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 153 152 147 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 180 Mixed 30 SusWrite 150 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 83%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,125x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	551x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	361x

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	231x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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