Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	244% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '20 at 18:09
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 604 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 223 Parallax 234 133% 207 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 203 Splatting 134 153% 195 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 407 430 428 453 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,290 Write 1,964 Mixed 1467 SusWrite 483 346% 1,551 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 68.3 228% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 1,247 DQ Mixed 1158 877% 1,169 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 835GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 353 374 380 397 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 463 Mixed 429 SusWrite 382 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58.5 200% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 898GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 45 45 48 49 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 172 177 175 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 157 Mixed 104 SusWrite 174 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 29.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 28.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%

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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	1,117x
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 $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 $300	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 $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