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Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '16 at 13:23
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$90 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 466 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4501 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.81% Terrible	Lighting 7.43 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.23 fps	MRender 6.19 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 15.2 8% 9.32 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.81% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 59635239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -124416612626409 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1092 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 176 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 44 81607262244 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 81607262244 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 59635239 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 59635239 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 59635239 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5943 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3431 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3431 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5429	52.8% Above average	Read 400 Write 98.9 Mixed 148 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 9.58 95% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 73.2 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 24.8 37% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 73%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 155GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 1 31877 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3080 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12012 (05) Reallocated sector count 14 14 1256 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10103 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 21330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 160 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 9793 (0D) Soft read error rate 98 1 31873 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 121768 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 538247199 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 555024416 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3570950 (C4) Reallocation count 70 70 1256 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 89 61 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 8	42.7% Average	Read 68.8 Write 80 Mixed 68.6 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 268GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14031 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 37 (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	54.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 87.1 Mixed 86.9 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.17 83% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,774 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 162GB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 66.7 Write 66.7 Mixed 63.2 84% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905598-009.A00G 1x8GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,168x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	578x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	380x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	353x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	282x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	203x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	70x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	100x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	78x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	70x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $844

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $320