Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 19:13
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (54^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 187 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 362 47% 355 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 30.8 28% 33.4 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 32 Splatting 33 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7985 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.42% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 6.97 5% 7.61 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 13.3 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.42% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 147GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 978 797 811 806 805 793 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,780 Mixed 1435 SusWrite 832 345% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 80.7 268% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,040 DQ Write 905 DQ Mixed 990 737% 978 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 290 295 287 281 282 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 302 Mixed 280 SusWrite 286 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 34.8 138% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 229 199% 296 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 66GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 357 408 355 336 336 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 415 Mixed 367 SusWrite 354 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 54.4 182% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 331 250% 336 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 252GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 183 186 182 183 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 109 Write 130 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 184 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 323GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 133 134 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 134 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 849GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 129 129 128 128 129 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 169 Write 144 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 126 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.6 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 7.5 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 7.4 13% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 8%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 8.9 9.1 7.6 8.4 7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 37.3 Write 14.3 SusWrite 8.3 20% 20 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,810 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,111x
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	340x
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 $129Bench 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 i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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