Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170-K  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150924
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 03 '20 at 11:02
Run Duration181 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 140
2-Core 257
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 618
66% 526 Pts
64-Core 724
45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Lighting 97.4
Reflection 87.7
Parallax 90.5
79% 91.8 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 79.8
Splatting 77.7
74% 93.1 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 9,695
Write 8,231
Mixed 8,637
1,974% 8,855 MB/s
4K Read 597
4K Write 302
4K Mixed 383
1,556% 427 MB/s
DQ Read 1,449
DQ Write 955
DQ Mixed 1,078
837% 1,161 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
274GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 183 182 181 182 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 150
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 180
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 112%
SABRENT 1TB
416GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 136 50 72 356 359 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 36.2
MC Mixed 29
95% 33.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 40
SC Mixed 29.7
86% 30.3 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,810 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $754
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