Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	287% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 19:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 801 85% 677 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% 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: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 85 Parallax 82 70% 84.3 fps	MRender 84.9 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 79.2 66% 80.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 928 708 399 402 402 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2653 Write 2,256 Mixed 1,623 SusWrite 540 394% 1,768 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 88.1 317% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,001 DQ Write 1,258 DQ Mixed 1,154 864% 1,138 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 62GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 128 128 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 474 Write 133 Mixed 132 SusWrite 128 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 22.2 135% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 49.9 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 591GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 155 154 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 80.3 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 153 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.2% 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 @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 30.2 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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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	1,123x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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