Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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.
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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 11:52
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 602 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 100 Parallax 96.5 74% 95.8 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 85.2 Splatting 91.3 73% 88.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 158 52 38 53 52 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 415 Write 340 Mixed 328 SusWrite 80.2 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 37.5 136% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 233 194% 279 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 1TB 4,980 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 910GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 368 371 355 350 342 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 320 Write 334 Mixed 238 SusWrite 358 71% 313 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 27.3 4K Mixed 24.8 78% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 136 105% 140 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 87%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 50GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 101 102 108 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 92.3 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 94.9 56% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CRC 1x16GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 48%

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

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,813 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	1,114x
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	342x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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