Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 17:40
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 441 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8476 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 8 6% 8.74 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.91 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F07) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 129 Parallax 145 112% 137 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 132 Splatting 101 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 76 62 77 32 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 377 Write 231 Mixed 187 SusWrite 72.3 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 18.3 77% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 86.7 86% 143 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 330GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 409 412 429 420 416 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 418 Mixed 367 SusWrite 418 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 54.5 185% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 314 238% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 37.6 Write 35 Mixed 30 SusWrite 40.1 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.5 172% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-025.A00G 9905622-012.A00G 9905622-025.A00G 9905622-012.A00G 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 77%

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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 2,816 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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