Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.16% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	243% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 745 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.49 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.4 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.16% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,859 Write 1,082 Mixed 1,228 376% 1,723 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 26.7 200% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 59.2 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 172 114% 131 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
WD WD50EZRZ-32RWYB1 5TB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 195 8966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1348 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15024 (C2) HDA temperature 126 94 26 (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	79.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 143 Mixed 134 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 94%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 449GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 4533 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 145 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 570 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.9% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 86.7 Mixed 92.1 69% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2GB free Firmware: RT17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154722208 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62497190 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 320 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 41 2190887682075 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4658 (C2) HDA temperature 27 59 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 154722208 (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 25039659338228 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27182317544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38801784499	36.1% Below average	Read 29.2 Write 94.5 Mixed 27.7 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 6.53 4K Mixed 0.46 199% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 87%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2GB free Firmware: AX1P5J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1704 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 694 (0A) Spinup retry count 160 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7510 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684511256 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 594 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 266 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 98.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2GB free Firmware: RT18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28849192 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15225083 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5203 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 99 28849192 (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 32478542694055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15636437700 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36247228962	83.3% Excellent	Read 165 Write 124 Mixed 59 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 6.74 4K Mixed 0.72 261% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1GB free Firmware: 0003LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201914876 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 43246864578 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -122509647142170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2898 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 190 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 35039 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73175 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 -12884901863 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 39 201914876 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 -72430328472096 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.5% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 91.9 Mixed 78.6 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.46 103% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 58%

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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	546x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	357x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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 $160Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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