Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 01:53
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$130 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 452 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 187 Parallax 197 147% 188 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 177 Splatting 123 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 96 96 85 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 263 Write 151 Mixed 186 SusWrite 93.8 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 40.2 141% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 121 92% 122 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 911GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 170 176 175 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 175 Mixed 106 SusWrite 173 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD WD1600AAKS-61L9A0 160GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 149GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 120 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 74 SusWrite 119 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,123x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

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	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16