Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.1% 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 Drive	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 17:31
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 74 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 172 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 650 59% 494 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 97 Parallax 89.7 79% 94.6 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 67.9 67% 84.6 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 26 27 18 16 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 408 Write 99.7 Mixed 284 SusWrite 39.7 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 45.5 148% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 310 236% 320 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 104GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 843 654 658 620 541 518 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,093 Write 820 Mixed 1,373 SusWrite 639 273% 1,231 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 67 216% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,154 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 966 736% 999 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 340%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 146 146 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 130 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 145 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 9905625-062.A00G 9905625-030.A00G 9905625-062.A00G 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 14.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%

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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	1,121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	548x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16