Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 17:27
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 478 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 3505) 1GB CLim: 730 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	3.64% Terrible	Lighting 4.47 Reflection 5.42 Parallax 3.62 4% 4.5 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.22 4% 4.65 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.64% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2949 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1932 (B1) Unknown 97 97 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7303354388	60.2% Good	Read 475 Write 267 Mixed 273 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 10.3 72% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 66 60% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 634GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83194776 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34486181 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1931 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 436994074 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50790 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 38654705690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115367116540354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5262683203 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44392346831	78.4% Very good	Read 143 Write 131 Mixed 135 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 34.6 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,114x
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	342x
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 $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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