Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 12:12
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 274 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 770 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 185 Parallax 176 134% 175 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 264 265 266 267 266 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2448 Write 1,092 Mixed 142 SusWrite 297 215% 995 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 74.4 244% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 301 313% 525 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 277%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 166 159 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 393 Write 206 Mixed 234 SusWrite 165 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 41.3 150% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 133 121% 185 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 637GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 165 165 165 166 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 146 Write 147 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 164 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 65GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 60 Write 57.5 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 93.6 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 27.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.5 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%

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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 $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