Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '22 at 15:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 668 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$237 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 83.5 75% 88.9 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 73.9 71% 89.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 289 288 308 281 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 198 Mixed 270 SusWrite 294 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 49 164% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 160 152% 238 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 97%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 194GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1711 1646 1633 1639 1574 1362 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,340 Write 2,073 Mixed 1,511 SusWrite 1,594 422% 1,879 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 88.4 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,367 DQ Write 1,100 DQ Mixed 1,207 911% 1,224 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 410%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 391GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 148 150 149 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 156 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 149 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 114%

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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 2,818 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	1,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	358x

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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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