Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.05% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '22 at 20:12
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 631 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4246 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 8.8 Parallax 6.6 5% 7.3 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 11.1 8% 8.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 79 89 76 96 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 278 Write 124 Mixed 160 SusWrite 84.5 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 33.3 125% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 50.8 48% 71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 43GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 99 93 96 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 101 Mixed 68 SusWrite 94.7 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 114%
Samsun HD103SJ 1TB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 35GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 93.5 Write 110 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 75.6 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 157GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 121 122 120 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 121 Write 42 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 122 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-057.A00G KHX2400C15D4/8G 9905622-057.A00G 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.4% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns

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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	1,122x
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	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16