Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 18:29
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 678 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 98 90% 108 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (E8) Unknown 100 100 12516833876 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	83.6% Excellent	Read 279 Write 390 Mixed 241 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 25 123% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 80.1 113% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 112GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -129690832444248 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 176 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (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 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18021 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10308 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10308 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5968	50.2% Above average	Read 192 Write 107 Mixed 127 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.6 109% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 33 45% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 842GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 90 27412160 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63949065 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1113 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 689700903 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75485 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 77309411367 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 98 312 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 98 312 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -60395830105335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2367474692920 (F2) Unknown 100 253 964775089032	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 188 Mixed 172 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.38 117% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 02.03B03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 180 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8691 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 96.1 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.46 124% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.8 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 30.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,120x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

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	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16