Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 09:22
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 427 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gainward(10B0 0F00) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 5.38 Parallax 3.38 4% 4.4 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 3.43 3% 4.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256S2G 256GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 375 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8473 (F2) Unknown 100 100 363	114% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 468 Mixed 508 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.5 166% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 66 116% 229 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 107%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3546793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -19189913873021 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2365 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 210 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 73 73019228191 (C2) HDA temperature 31 73 73019228191 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3546793 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3546793 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3546793 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6915 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6587 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6587 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10693	40% Below average	Read 479 Write 75.4 Mixed 114 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 10.3 45% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 89.8 DQ Write 33.6 DQ Mixed 17.9 25% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 518GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172522068 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 180435722 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2915 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 572588065 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 18 172522068 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -106708462451101 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1125995518 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3053599241	56.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 88.8 Mixed 86.6 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 68%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 590GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 60 Write 59 Mixed 59.2 77% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.27 42% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1913 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	546x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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