Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	132% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 18:27
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 776 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 146 86% 113 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 122 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$33 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 256 85 60 67 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 548 Mixed 663 SusWrite 139 158% 724 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 19.9 196% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 29.5 DQ Mixed 50.9 60% 109 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 179%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 77GB free Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 150 148 149 151 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 405 Write 343 Mixed 202 SusWrite 153 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 14.3 62% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 41.4 48% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 56%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 157 156 156 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 155 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 513GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 133 135 135 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 123 Mixed 78 SusWrite 134 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 522GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 131 130 134 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 133 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 31.1 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 103%

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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 2,818 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	1,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	358x

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $45	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