Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	242% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 03:11
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 771 83% 658 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2314 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 80.2 68% 82.2 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 76.2 64% 78.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 431 431 429 429 425 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,710 Write 1,743 Mixed 1,272 SusWrite 451 290% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 91.5 318% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 984 DQ Write 1,181 DQ Mixed 916 737% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 12GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 130 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 441 Write 128 Mixed 134 SusWrite 129 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 19.3 129% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 48.6 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 551GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 152 152 151 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 144 Mixed 104 SusWrite 149 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 9,178 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 28.7 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 32 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
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	340x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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