Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 06:08
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 614 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 858E) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.48% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.44 4% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.45 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (64) Unknown 100 100 292288 (65) Unknown 100 100 38592 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 172 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 163210133537 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 522 (EA) Unknown 100 100 213 (F1) Unknown 100 100 400 (F2) Unknown 100 100 343 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	62.8% Good	Read 464 Write 201 Mixed 220 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 11 83% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 21.6 60% 132 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 763GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22886584 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5807555 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1810 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 571998242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 816 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5079 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 81604378658 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44573170593202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10621476694 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13773508722	89.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 152 Mixed 120 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.18 4K Mixed 0.71 208% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 596 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3572 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 33 (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	60.3% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 96.9 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 84%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 180GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109532744 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 951330 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 354 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 81604378656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 88.8 Mixed 82.2 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 86%

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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