Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 09:03
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 700 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 107 Parallax 90.2 84% 100 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 95.7 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS120G32TND-N1A2A 120GB 1,141 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3146 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (64) Unknown 100 100 25660791 (A8) Unknown 83 83 181 (A9) Unknown 74 74 281 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 80 80 214 (B2) Unknown 100 100 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 135 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4393 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 64427655198 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 46 178 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 27564 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27523 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3894 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 388376	86.1% Excellent	Read 514 Write 312 Mixed 340 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 23.7 118% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 23.2 81% 180 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 633GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 170 1866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1722 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 75.2 Write 85.7 Mixed 103 67% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.25 112% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 51GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1202 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 24 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 622592030 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 838 (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	87.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 153 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 30.4 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 104%

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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	1,117x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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