Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 13:19
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 80.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 534 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 116% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 419 Mixed 315 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 59.2 218% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 311 248% 346 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 251GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 452 477 488 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 448 Mixed 385 SusWrite 458 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 67.2 233% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 291GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 72.3 Write 82.4 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 90.2 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 636GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 70 70 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 92.4 Write 92.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 70.4 95% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 88%

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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	1,111x
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 $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 $279	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) $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