Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
ProcessorWith 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.4% 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 Drive196% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z170-K  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160506
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJan 17 '17 at 01:21
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 26%
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 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 125
2-Core 233
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 614
63% 508 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.4% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 114
Parallax 106
93% 112 fps
MRender 104
Gravity 115
Splatting 97.3
86% 105 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
237GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 513
Write 413
Mixed 418
100% 448 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 46.5
183% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 47.4
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 115
102% 146 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 109%
Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
196% Outstanding
Read 1,631
Write 797
Mixed 1,017
253% 1,149 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 171
4K Mixed 39.6
217% 87 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 179
192% 326 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 196%
Great: 243%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4B8G2J2400A14K 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 24.9
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 28.9
SC Mixed 23.1
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 76%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,809 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $754
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HDDRAMUSB
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