Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	55.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161229
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 00:09
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.8% Average	Memory 48.2 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 131 45% 79.8 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 498 38% 338 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.8% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 92.4 61% 85.9 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 79.3 69% 84.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 852 863 1045 1012 948 974 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 903 Write 1,111 Mixed 625 SusWrite 949 202% 897 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 28.7 99% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 563 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 465 348% 469 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 262%
Samsung MZ7LN512HMJP-000H1 512GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 371GB free Firmware: 1H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 343 378 375 365 367 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 379 Write 356 Mixed 334 SusWrite 358 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 26.6 87% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 329 249% 334 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 127%
Samsung MZ7LN512HCHP-000H1 512GB 1,000 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 352GB free Firmware: 2H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 360 404 399 386 392 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 375 Write 355 Mixed 257 SusWrite 380 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 26.2 89% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 273 224% 320 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 338GB free Firmware: HP75 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 130 132 134 130 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 129 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 132 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.3 276% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CPB 4x16GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2230 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 13.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 167 24% 167 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,118x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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