Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 16:41
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 660 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RADEON HD5450 784 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B A007) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	1.81% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 2.03 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.63 Splatting 1.96 2% 1.85 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.81% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 128GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 286 272 309 256 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 412 Mixed 324 SusWrite 277 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 44 186% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 81.8 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 110 100% 146 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 116GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 129 129 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 141 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 129 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 36.5 Write 35.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 39.4 45% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.6 220% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,123x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16