Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	92.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '20 at 03:20
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 712 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

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. 27.20.100.7990 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 8.12 6% 8.58 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 14.9 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 6%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 80.2 52% 69.7 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 53.9 49% 60.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 53 54 54 54 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 391 Mixed 376 SusWrite 84.6 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.8 175% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 238 197% 282 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 486GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 174 159 160 161 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 158 Mixed 105 SusWrite 166 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 89%

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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%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,113x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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