Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	LSO-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$219 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 579 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 91% 112 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 99.4 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (64) Unknown 100 100 4352256 (65) Unknown 100 100 503072 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1283 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1357 (B7) Unknown 98 98 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 266288955432 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1072 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1072 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7880 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2698 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5833 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11171 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1072	73.6% Very good	Read 470 Write 312 Mixed 325 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 15.1 92% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 36.9 73% 149 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5512 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8601534595 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 70 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 387 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 210454577185 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 158918443079 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1247 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1351 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1304 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1965 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.5% Good	Read 485 Write 150 Mixed 184 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 19.7 83% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 34.4 83% 177 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 329GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203519000 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62889862 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 61 40 258504917031 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 164092 (C2) HDA temperature 39 60 47244640295 (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 -94596654675320 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49839397226176 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65383119200232	83.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 124 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 130GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19407452 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11397 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 652 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52367835 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1641 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 202586390567 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 42949672999 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 17 19407452 (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 -59369332888716 (F1) Unknown 100 253 549457774 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1084525152	50.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 72.3 Mixed 59.2 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500418AS 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 112GB free Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84440690 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5543 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 624924616 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 64904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2447 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 552 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 539 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 928519749672 (C2) HDA temperature 40 58 42949673000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 84440690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 50 Write 98 Mixed 85.6 59% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.39 74% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3320613AS 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 48GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91035713 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23577172 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 45751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1438 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 1461045297191 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 34359738407 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 19 91035713 (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 -110827336069508 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3165006766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3598415359	71.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 111 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.68 142% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 33.1 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,125x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	551x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	361x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	231x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	199x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	87x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16