Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '16 at 23:29
Run Duration	740 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 716 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 96.7 Reflection 102 118% 99.4 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7346 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2576 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 98 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5922810167907 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59.2% Above average	Read 501 Write 110 Mixed 182 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 5.91 88% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 8.12 53% 127 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 65%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3908 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 807 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (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 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6724642450
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD WD20PURX-64P6ZY0 2TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 712 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 666 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82% Excellent	Read 141 Write 144 Mixed 129 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 81%
WD WD5000AADS-00S9B 500GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 412GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 147 3450 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 107 107 281955 (C2) HDA temperature 113 83 30 (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	47.4% Average	Read 80.3 Write 84.7 Mixed 72.6 59% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 54%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 702GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 72.3 Mixed 73.8 95% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 45%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 59GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 2.37 Mixed 3.72 7% 7.31 MB/s	4K Read 4.86 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 18% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 9%
DT108 DT108 4GB 0GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.36% Terrible	Read 10.1 Write 4.15 Mixed 5.77 8% 6.68 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 16% 1.33 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 89%

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

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,123x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	360x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16