Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.8% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 01:13
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 642 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 37.3 35% 40.7 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 33.7 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 129 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1376267 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 186 186 21487747140 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1091 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C2) HDA temperature 72 72 120260526108 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16054328832 (EA) Unknown 100 100 32447123456 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7259751213 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9786554150	80.8% Excellent	Read 480 Write 178 Mixed 239 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 28.7 134% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 35.7 81% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 346GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 74 (03) Spinup time 126 126 21494497580 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 843 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 843 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 171799871515 (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	69.8% Good	Read 114 Write 129 Mixed 134 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 89%

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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 $45Bench 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 $45	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