Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% 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	88.2% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 19:08
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 699 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.2 80% 98.2 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 85 72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.6E 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 4464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1048579 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 185 185 25784352863 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2208 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 72 72 210454773788 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 54929696768 (EA) Unknown 100 100 55836339776 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11833681795 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12497892265	88.2% Excellent	Read 480 Write 309 Mixed 378 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27 146% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 27.3 61% 117 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 379GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026232 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1253 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 231928430622 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 148 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 107%

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 as expected (40^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,123x
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	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
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 $45Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16