Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	35.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	7.31% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '23 at 13:57
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$123 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 67.9 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 85.4 49% 75.1 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 268 24% 206 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 41.5 38% 44.8 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 36.5 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 40 43 42 36 38 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.31% Terrible	Read 56.9 Write 52.8 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 40 11% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 3 8% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 688GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 134 132 132 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 78 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 129 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 73%

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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%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16