Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 10:48
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 343 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 64.8 62% 71.8 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 74.4 61% 75 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4130 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 721 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 20 51 17183211540 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 721 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 437393 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 87 87 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 437393 (F2) Unknown 100 100 507439 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7704 (FC) Unknown 100 100 49	89% Excellent	Read 517 Write 412 Mixed 482 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 24.6 136% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 24.9 32% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 632GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125197512 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4735710329 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9446 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 23 23 77 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065713 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 55 437452825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 753 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35666 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 30064771097 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119301306567127 (F1) Unknown 100 253 82604608105 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2705635206872	95.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 157 Mixed 164 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2607 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 89%

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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	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	357x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	339x
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 $129Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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