Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	245% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 09:59
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 810 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.3% Average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 44.3 38% 48.7 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 48.7 44% 54.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 233GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 432 Write 436 Mixed 434 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 28.3 92% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 76.2 77% 125 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 75%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,430 Write 1,096 Mixed 1,231 348% 1,586 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 27.5 200% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 450 DQ Mixed 103 190% 381 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 67GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14759 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1765 (B1) Unknown 91 91 315 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 533 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20453170258	103% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 438 Mixed 472 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 25.9 139% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 78.6 128% 248 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 955GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163877400 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49404967 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1284 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 572260381 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 136940 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 51539607581 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17712445133547 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29254407278 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3028931087001	92.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 155 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 213GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4097 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 877 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3219 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 104 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 94.5 Mixed 94.5 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.49 128% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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