Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.89% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	100% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 09:42
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 250 75% 138 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 699 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.54 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 124 119 114 114 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 446 Mixed 370 SusWrite 143 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.4 188% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 351 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 204GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 135 134 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 78 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 134 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 124GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 80.7 Write 65 Mixed 51 SusWrite 58.7 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 328GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 1 1 1.1 1 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	1.95% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1 1% 1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 1.95% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.7 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

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

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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	1,111x
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 $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 $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