Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90.5% 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 Drive77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-K  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateSep 20 '20 at 06:37
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU 32%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 111
2-Core 220
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 447
60% 446 Pts
64-Core 438
27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 120
Parallax 108
94% 115 fps
MRender 99.9
Gravity 106
Splatting 98.9
83% 102 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 84 54 55 54 54 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
77.1% Very good
Read 450
Write 369
Mixed 364
SusWrite 82.7
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 79.7
4K Mixed 38
132% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 231
190% 272 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 91%
Samsung HD204UI 512GB
251GB free
Firmware: DC9110E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 321 383 379 328 374 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Read 411
Write 360
Mixed 268
SusWrite 345
78% 346 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 68.9
4K Mixed 32.4
120% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 182
174% 273 MB/s
WD WD10EZRX-00A3KB0 1TB
415GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 116 117 117 117 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 87.2
Write 88.3
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 116
66% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
75.2% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 25.1
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 21
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,832 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $759
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165Nvidia RTX 4070 $542Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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