Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '21 at 08:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 701 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 8.8 6% 40.4 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 12 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4390 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 470.05 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 107 Parallax 106 89% 107 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 78.7 83% 105 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,578 Write 2234 Mixed 1,577 473% 2,130 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 93.3 312% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 1,064 766% 988 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 95GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 67 67 66 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 70.4 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 65.6 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 53GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 137 134 120 130 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 112 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 129 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 12GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.2 7.3 6.8 7.3 7.3 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 8.2 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 7.1 12% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.3 153% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 26.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,810 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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) $35	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