Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.4% 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)
Boot Drive	85.8% 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.
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	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	23 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 20:56
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	1%

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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 724 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 1407) 2GB CLim: 1240 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 18.2 18% 20 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 27.4 20% 23.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 190GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2817 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 579 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20794264155	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 406 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 46.9 181% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 115 140% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2818 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 579 (B1) Unknown 95 95 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 53 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7129821693	85.8% Excellent	Read 488 Write 268 Mixed 270 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 26.8 130% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 61.5 96% 189 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 120 Write 106 Mixed 29.6 99% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.07 44% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 81.4 Write 129 Mixed 85.4 133% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 60%
WDC WD40 EZRX-22SPEB0 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 405GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 88.7 Write 82.8 Mixed 78.1 106% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 61%
WDC WD15 EADS-00S2B0 1.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 153GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.6% Below average	Read 101 Write 67.4 Mixed 82.6 103% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.18 88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 44%
WDC WD10 EZRX-00L4HB0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 61GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 76.3 100% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 53%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 21GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 50.6 Mixed 42 61% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 2x8GB 3,107 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $178	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