Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 15:50
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$66 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 340 45% 339 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7730 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2795) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.66% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 12.2 8% 11.8 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 8.77 Splatting 13.7 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.66% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1680 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 356 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 49 17183080481 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 356 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 197182 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 197182 (F2) Unknown 100 100 157595 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3489 (FC) Unknown 100 100 22	106% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 454 Mixed 364 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.6 142% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 83.3 120% 223 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 829GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201876976 (03) Spinup time 97 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 412922219 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7076 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 23 23 77 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065713 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 656277542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19633 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 30064771110 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96808562862797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 64466463966 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2600879378459
Poor: 56% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2604 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

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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	1,123x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16