Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 21:16
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 694 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 64.7 64% 73.6 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73.6 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 23GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17152 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4695 (B1) Unknown 92 92 277 (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 68 46 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 994 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27557603218	67.9% Good	Read 474 Write 269 Mixed 323 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 18.5 84% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 55.2 70% 130 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 76%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10364 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2867 (B1) Unknown 74 74 304 (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 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 919 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34924758397	92.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 335 Mixed 354 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 23 137% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 77.5 111% 207 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 99GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 5000 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12793 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6725 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1049 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12778 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	38.9% Below average	Read 73.4 Write 61.7 Mixed 64.7 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.48 125% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 69%

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 below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 80%

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

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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	1,122x
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	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $539	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) $32	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