Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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	84.1% 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	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (64%). 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '22 at 09:10
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	64%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 (12^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 154 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 283 37% 280 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 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: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 326 360 345 324 359 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 410 Write 370 Mixed 356 SusWrite 337 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 37.1 119% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 291 230% 319 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89% 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: 1236 1238 1491 1614 1603 1575 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1809 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,610 SusWrite 1,459 356% 1,585 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 55 173% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 605 456% 618 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 243% 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: 41 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 52.2 Write 40.9 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 42.3 56% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.9% 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 (9^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,117x
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 $45Bench 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 $177	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) $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