Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


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 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 20:16
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 216 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 424 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 49.7 Parallax 53.2 36% 49.2 fps	MRender 50.8 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.3 34% 42.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,300 Write 574 Mixed 546 176% 807 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 51.9 182% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 370 285% 397 MB/s
Poor: 109% Great: 220%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 142 145 146 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 54.3 Write 93.5 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 145 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 374% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 108%
Seagate M3 2TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 525GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 107 108 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 73.9 Write 64.1 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 106 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 67%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 119GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 42 Write 40.5 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 43.4 53% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 104%

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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	1,114x
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	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 $109Bench 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 $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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16