Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% 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.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '24 at 23:12
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 632 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 192 Parallax 215 158% 200 fps	MRender 252 Gravity 197 Splatting 159 161% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 428 Write 377 Mixed 349 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 39.3 134% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 45.3 69% 128 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 107%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 49GB free Firmware: M6CR061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 80 4.7 5.3 5.4 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 420 Write 288 Mixed 109 SusWrite 78.2 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 14.1 89% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 64.5 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 20.5 55% 110 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 919GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 172 172 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 158 Mixed 94 SusWrite 172 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 62GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 92 94 92 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 84.6 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 92.2 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	59	144	24.1"	1280 720	SAM0F90 LC24RG50

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,125x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	551x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	361x

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	231x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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