Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.6% 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	83.4% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	54.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 17:19
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 555 75% 559 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 97% 112 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4274 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 6.53 6% 8.15 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 15.4 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 100 30 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (A6) Unknown 100 100 21 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 81 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 219043332135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10113 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3162 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2361	83.4% Excellent	Read 496 Write 364 Mixed 419 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 4.06 109% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 27 86% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 86%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137084734 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11990025 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 38 537543901220 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 627 (C2) HDA temperature 36 62 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 4 -4157882562 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -21895743242410 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1079436188 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2487735659	60.4% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 114 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.51 125% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 86%
WD My Book 25DA 3TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 82.8 126% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 59%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 562GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 83.6 Write 87.6 Mixed 75.2 106% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x16GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 106%

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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	1,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	546x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	358x

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 $94Bench 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 $177	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