Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '23 at 22:51
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 221 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 641 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 90.6 Reflection 89 Parallax 82.8 74% 87.5 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 81.4 Splatting 74.5 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 302 289 287 312 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 348 Write 298 Mixed 257 SusWrite 288 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 38.5 130% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 160 157% 249 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 97%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 289GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1616 1597 1578 1669 1674 1451 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 1,824 Mixed 1,432 SusWrite 1,597 387% 1,721 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 65.7 204% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 908 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 828 610% 807 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 410%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 738GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 142 142 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 177 Mixed 111 SusWrite 142 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,123x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16