Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 05:26
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 222 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 616 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2984) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.5% Above average	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 67.6 62% 73.3 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 61.5 55% 68 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 22 (A3) Unknown 100 100 337 (94) Unknown 100 100 179153 (95) Unknown 100 100 2441 (96) Unknown 100 100 2302 (97) Unknown 100 100 2420 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45445 (A5) Unknown 100 100 104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39724775637019 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 247803 (F2) Unknown 100 100 262556 (F5) Unknown 100 100 268409 (F6) Unknown 100 100 358306 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	70.9% Very good	Read 486 Write 253 Mixed 269 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 19.1 89% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 10.9 63% 146 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 129GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1794 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1794 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 171800068125 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 157 Mixed 116 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 114GB free Firmware: 0637 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 30.6 Write 49.4 Mixed 48.8 33% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.02 12% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 4x4GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 101%

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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	1,117x
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	342x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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