Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 14:52
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$170 588,978 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)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 778 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2653 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 162 Parallax 140 127% 152 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 151 Splatting 120 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 920 Mixed 1,155 304% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 33.4 233% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.1 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 32.5 56% 104 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 166GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 107258983 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81396224 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 54 404226072 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1262 (C2) HDA temperature 24 13 55834574872 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 107258983 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 85293755534153 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49711431594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44551869992	93.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 149 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Slice 8GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5566 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 3.12 Mixed 6.56 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 1.29 142% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 31.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,844 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,125x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	551x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	343x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $895

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16