Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	233% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 11:25
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 754 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.4% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 52.2 Parallax 43.2 36% 46.4 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 58.7 46% 56.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 120 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 35 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 48 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 254130245	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 405 Mixed 419 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50.2 181% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 127 149% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,270 Write 1,184 Mixed 1,357 353% 1,603 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 28.5 202% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 26.8 95% 194 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7258 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1834 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 902 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3253 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 39 (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 200 200 104 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 137 Mixed 126 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.53 151% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55048088 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50952806 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1323 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 137054 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 51539607586 (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 32139240280945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31259552698 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3030927676602	95% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 158 Mixed 146 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%
ST2000LM003 HN-M 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2TB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 45.2 Write 46 Mixed 45.1 59% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 4.92 4K Mixed 0.59 189% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 32%
KESU USB 3.0 128GB 119GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.1% Good	Read 41.3 Write 45.9 Mixed 31.3 50% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 10.7 930% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 17.2 DQ Mixed 10.5 993% 13.8 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,121x
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