Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive175% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z170-K  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170208
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateDec 11 '17 at 00:23
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 84.8
1-Core 141
2-Core 261
90% 162 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 792
77% 635 Pts
64-Core 782
48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2593 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 157
Parallax 145
120% 150 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 142
Splatting 116
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
346GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
175% Outstanding
Read 1,360
Write 1,352
Mixed 1,133
286% 1,282 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 79
4K Mixed 24.2
114% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 51.1
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 27.7
40% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 175%
Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
192GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 494
Write 306
Mixed 354
85% 385 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 71.7
4K Mixed 24.7
127% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 85.8
119% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39% Below average
MC Read 12.8
MC Write 14.4
MC Mixed 11.3
37% 12.8 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 12.4
35% 12.3 GB/s
Latency 72.2
55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 39%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,816 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $754
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