Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 22:59
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 163 2-Core 308 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 906 92% 744 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 62.7 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 54.5 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 14406849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 25202868108983 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2244 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14406849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14406849 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14406849 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18810 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15081 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15081 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18998	33.7% Below average	Read 191 Write 98 Mixed 116 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 9.34 62% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 8.65 17% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 61%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 891GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7715800 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 95 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1769369 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 70 454033434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 904 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 60795262075094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2300068900 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5935314104	70.9% Very good	Read 90.6 Write 155 Mixed 111 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.67 205% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 110%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 790GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 50 9334 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3554 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11505 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2119 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094380059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 18 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 23 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4036	56.4% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 108 Mixed 113 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 356GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 113 110 7308 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4284 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 576 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 421266 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 85.7 Write 77 Mixed 63.6 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 173GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9823 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3779 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 527 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9295 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.9% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 102 Mixed 107 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

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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	1,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	546x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	358x

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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