Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	251% 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '23 at 00:10
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 644 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 87% 106 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 97.9 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB 19,163 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 149 147 146 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 147 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 1.1 24% 8 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 1.4 2% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 39%
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 446GB free Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1510 568 577 562 577 564 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,088 Write 2,298 Mixed 2016 SusWrite 726 400% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 81.6 292% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,377 DQ Write 1,229 DQ Mixed 1,276 964% 1,294 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 300%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1756 838 310 322 321 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,604 Write 1,972 Mixed 1,698 SusWrite 629 332% 1,476 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 86.7 297% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,358 DQ Write 1200 DQ Mixed 1240 940% 1,266 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 295%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 98GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 43 26 152 74 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 456 Write 375 Mixed 313 SusWrite 98.9 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 19.1 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 41.3 47% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 55%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 262GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 110 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 102 SusWrite 110 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 311GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 76 75 74 73 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 27.9 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 73.5 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 57%

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 below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	72	60	60	7.2"	1920 1080	GSM0001 LG TV

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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	1,120x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16