Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	70.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 10:41
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 780 74% 615 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 146 Parallax 122 115% 137 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 475 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 25 (A3) Unknown 100 100 286 (94) Unknown 100 100 79516 (95) Unknown 100 100 1084 (96) Unknown 100 100 990 (97) Unknown 100 100 1074 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16485 (A5) Unknown 100 100 61 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36434780422170 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 100964 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60654 (F5) Unknown 100 100 97364 (F6) Unknown 100 100 159032 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 495 Write 261 Mixed 269 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 22 109% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 66.1 DQ Mixed 14.5 21% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 159 159 27726 (03) Spinup time 190 186 5466 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7641 (05) Reallocated sector count 191 191 409 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 80571 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 78 78 122 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 2790 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 193 193 2285 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 171 150 7982	64.3% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 99.4 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.17 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 723GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 130 130 12896698540 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 969 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 969 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167503986719 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 168 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 107%
Generic SDXC/MMC 32GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 1345 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 14.8 Mixed 16.8 21% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.56 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 1.19 136% 2.99 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FAD 1x16GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1910 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.2% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.3 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 42%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	548x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	359x

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	227x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16