Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive88.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus Z170-K  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150906
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 29 '19 at 15:06
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (85th 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
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Memory 91.5
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 508
8-Core 710
77% 609 Pts
64-Core 707
44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 98.3
Parallax 92
87% 99.2 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 93.2
Splatting 82.9
77% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S 240GB
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 12.G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 81 111 23 75 106 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Read 472
Write 435
Mixed 320
SusWrite 108
74% 334 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 42.3
169% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 175
155% 231 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 94%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB
735GB free
Firmware: 1D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 105 107 106 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
58.1% Above average
Read 96.3
Write 99.3
Mixed 97
SusWrite 106
74% 99.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 58.1%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G FL2133D4U15S-8G 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
73.3% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 23
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 24.1
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,824 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $748
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