Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 19:47
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 414 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 17.1 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 14.4 14% 14.9 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 17 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 16251939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -8589934583533 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2920 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 409 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16251939 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16251939 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16251939 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19778 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23823 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23823 (F2) Unknown 0 0 42429	40.8% Average	Read 196 Write 104 Mixed 120 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 9.93 73% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 27 47% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214229672 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 68862872686 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5074 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032841 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 30603083808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55082 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127212636335848 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50904975590 (F2) Unknown 100 253 141990364142	75.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 121 Mixed 142 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 908GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 205450237 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22427041 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1250 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 521535519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1940 (C2) HDA temperature 31 13 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 205450237 (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 20332375180667 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5358204732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3679798208	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 167 Mixed 141 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 2x4GB 1,065 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 23.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
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	340x
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 $140Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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