Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	275% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 15:38
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 216 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 612 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	144% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 198 Parallax 191 170% 199 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 148 Splatting 130 124% 156 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 213GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 295 295 295 294 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 434 Mixed 343 SusWrite 309 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 52.5 184% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1109 1197 1191 1190 1148 1170 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2353 Write 1,048 Mixed 1,071 SusWrite 1,168 312% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61 208% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,280 DQ Write 764 DQ Mixed 1106 801% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 333%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 89 79 72 70 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 92.8 Mixed 68 SusWrite 79.6 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G Corsair CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 9905625-030.A00G Corsair CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,812 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,113x
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 $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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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