Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '22 at 07:45
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 184 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 292 37% 282 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 101 Parallax 91.8 78% 96.1 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 91.4 74% 90.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 261 318 337 339 330 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 388 Write 327 Mixed 303 SusWrite 304 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 23.9 84% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 270 221% 314 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 125%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 142GB free Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 988 985 1156 1153 1151 1141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,665 Write 1,551 Mixed 1,488 SusWrite 1,096 326% 1,450 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 45.6 152% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 563 428% 586 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 435%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 904GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 42 42 43 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 50.6 Write 41.2 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 41.5 56% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 85.9 46% 85.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,114x
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	342x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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