Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.7 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 22:00
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 624 81% 608 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1660 MHz, MLim: 2236 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 110 75% 95.3 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 71.5 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 311 313 303 138 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 437 Mixed 379 SusWrite 260 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.1 231% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 64GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 317 320 319 320 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 460 Mixed 424 SusWrite 340 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 66.5 231% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4000 C19 Series 3200 C16 Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	123% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 50.9 MC Mixed 35 124% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 50.7 SC Mixed 37.7 109% 38 GB/s	Latency 44.5 90% 44.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

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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	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	357x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	339x
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 $275	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