Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.7% 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	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 17:22
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 330 44% 330 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 11C7) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 19.1 16% 18.4 fps	MRender 16.6 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 0.09 9% 12.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EP 240GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 4.3 3.2 19 66 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 415 Write 324 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 74.1 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 8.4 50% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 41.1 39% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 52%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 198GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 119 120 120 119 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 118 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 108%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 132GB free Firmware: 2AR1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 77 77 75 75 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 47.3 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 74.5 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS543232L9A300 320GB-$45 4,619 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 282GB free Firmware: FB4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 59 58 59 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 49 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 58.4 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 0GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 38.4 Write 10 Mixed 6 17% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 9905678-041.A00G 9905622-057.A00G 9905678-024.A00G 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.3 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,810 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,111x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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