Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.8% 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.
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

2 years ago, 23 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '22 at 17:11
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 686 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% AMD(1002 010A) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.04% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 1.6 1% 1.47 fps	MRender 1.5 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 2 1% 1.33 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.04% Great: 1%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.8 Parallax 8.8 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7 Splatting 11.9 8% 9.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,588 Write 2,154 Mixed 1,510 462% 2,084 MB/s	4K Read 68.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 78.8 259% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 459 DQ Mixed 422 396% 631 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 344GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 93 95 93 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 84.1 Write 90.1 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 92.9 56% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 490GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 101 104 102 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.3 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 89.6 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 84%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 456GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 152 153 153 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 137 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 151 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 372GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 102 102 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 143 Write 147 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 101 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,806 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,107x
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	338x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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