Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '20 at 18:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$188 267,658 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 103% 183 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 597 81% 591 Pts	64-Core 585 39% 585 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 73,182 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1660 MHz, MLim: 2236 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 276 Reflection 217 Parallax 353 72% 282 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 273 Splatting 164 74% 206 fps
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$70 646,620 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 313 310 194 104 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 469 Mixed 370 SusWrite 236 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 66.6 232% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 348 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$69 442,553 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 64GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 321 319 320 320 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 488 Mixed 427 SusWrite 340 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 67.3 233% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 132%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4000 C19 Series 3200 C16 Series 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	123% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 50.3 MC Mixed 34.9 124% 43.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.2 SC Write 52.2 SC Mixed 37.1 110% 38.5 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $276Bench 84%, 451,553 samples	796x
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 80%, 267,658 samples	500x
Core i7-6700Intel $279Bench 76%, 186,959 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 78%, 929,965 samples	266x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 52%, 611,544 samples	217x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 57%, 1,049,784 samples	195x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 104%, 646,620 samples	159x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 110%, 619,928 samples	74x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $100Bench 95%, 52,501 samples	57x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 75%, 18,961 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 83%, 405,551 samples	79x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 75,563 samples	72x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $180	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $544	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28