Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.89% 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	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '16 at 10:59
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$81 342,244 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 (94^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 468 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% 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. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.22 6% 8.46 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 15.3 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 175 Write 126 Mixed 668 74% 323 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 21.6 136% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 21.4 28% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 215%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 211 179 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 95 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 751 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 36 (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	70.9% Very good	Read 119 Write 128 Mixed 124 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 100%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 128GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 136 5716 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4089 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13177 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 35 (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	25.1% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 43.3 Mixed 40.9 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 48%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 119GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 127 6191 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10535 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2889 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54628 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 33 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.7% Average	Read 75.9 Write 69.3 Mixed 62.6 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

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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	1,111x
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 $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 $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) $30	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