Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 493 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 100 88% 107 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 100 100 656 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20533 (A5) Unknown 100 100 64 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 18 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 44309 (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 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 251992 (F5) Unknown 100 100 328528	108% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 432 Mixed 469 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.9 159% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 72.9 112% 212 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung HD103SJ 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 972GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 129 129 25788743979 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1442 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 180389085207 (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	94.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 160 Mixed 162 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.24 111% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 572GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139183408 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1450 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 159718893 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1342 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 39 5824328761365 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10761 (C2) HDA temperature 21 61 25769803797 (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 39453569588641 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42908120661 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60920124119	85.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 158 Mixed 120 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 541GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 97 209213801 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 95 1700 (05) Reallocated sector count 66 66 1393 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77715612 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3063 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950852626 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 80 47 336265236 (C2) HDA temperature 20 53 21474836500 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 18 209213801 (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 -46853798210477 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3151629109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3439375191	42.1% Average	Read 82.4 Write 64.2 Mixed 74.6 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.54 110% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 29.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,126x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	552x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	344x
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 $140Bench 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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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