Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150828
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 465 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 111% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 204GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,897 Write 1,409 Mixed 1,513 357% 1,606 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.2 172% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 116 134% 224 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2294 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 380 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5935561169	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 42.1 153% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 79.7 95% 161 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 366GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225984160 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2800 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4295763289 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 487784474 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19626 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 51539607578 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124017180678042 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6556409540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21717809960	67.3% Good	Read 124 Write 111 Mixed 121 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 298GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 119932396 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 50205859 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 487784473 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1951 (C2) HDA temperature 25 13 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 119932396 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 3058016717891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8748421008 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7135158041	86.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 142 Mixed 144 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 275GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 81 87655580 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66312360 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16415 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2754 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 897 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475164167 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 487784475 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 15 87655580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86603720532916 (F1) Unknown 100 253 458835837 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4140792667	42.6% Average	Read 84.9 Write 63.5 Mixed 64.2 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 34.1 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 26.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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 $129Bench 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