Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 18:22
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 628 70% 550 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 22.2 19% 20.8 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 23 Splatting 17 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,579 Write 681 Mixed 690 215% 983 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.6 196% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 408 322% 458 MB/s
Poor: 116% Great: 188%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 106 110 124 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 492 Write 183 Mixed 240 SusWrite 114 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 16.4 109% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 124 133% 224 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 82GB free Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 337 79 54 52 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 401 Mixed 397 SusWrite 168 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 47.9 165% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 252 198% 271 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 118%
Adata XPG EX500 250GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 105GB free Firmware: 9301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 72 75 76 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 46.3 Write 74.3 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 73.2 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 42%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 696GB free, PID 70f3 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 41 41 40 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 39.5 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 40.9 53% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%
ADATA XPG EX500 120GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 77GB free, PID a73a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 100 98 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 123 Mixed 126 SusWrite 100 169% 131 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 26.5 2,696% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 62.3 DQ Mixed 26.7 3,118% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 300%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	359x

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	227x

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 $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 $163	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