Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration	390 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 615 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.4% Average	Lighting 59.1 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 56.5 48% 59.6 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 49.8 46% 57.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E 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 5987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 196610 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 183 183 4311416954 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1109 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850657310 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32274242560 (EA) Unknown 100 100 39563486464 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17546784105 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13842651039	80% Very good	Read 482 Write 180 Mixed 232 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 23.6 135% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 23.1 73% 160 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 117GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6814 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (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	67.1% Good	Read 111 Write 122 Mixed 111 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.36 132% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 109%
USB FLASH DRIVE 32GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 7.64 Mixed 6.32 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.97 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 19% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 6%
IS817 innostor 16GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	6.04% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 7.14 Mixed 4.06 11% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.85 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.01 23% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.04% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GVS DDR4 2400 2OZ G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GVS 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 82%

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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	1,121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	548x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	359x

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	227x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16