Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.7% 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	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '16 at 18:45
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2956) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 32.3 32% 36 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 35 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 230GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 67 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 53810501	85.2% Excellent	Read 494 Write 400 Mixed 415 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 19.5 134% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 109 68% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 124519691845899 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 43 85902164001 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 42182 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 23 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42182 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13129 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1010	55.5% Above average	Read 443 Write 184 Mixed 250 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 9.01 86% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 9.8 20% 37.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 82%
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 56GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -32220843739935 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 339 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 402611 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 402611 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26379 (F9) Unknown 100 100 12577	42.6% Average	Read 334 Write 60.7 Mixed 99.5 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 9.45 81% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 8.17 20% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 67%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 180 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 102 (C2) HDA temperature 122 115 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 5858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 104 (C2) HDA temperature 123 117 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 184 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 289 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83% Excellent	Read 166 Write 124 Mixed 151 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 450GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 101 (03) Spinup time 118 118 51579781735 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2749 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2749 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 274879217696 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37	48% Average	Read 82.2 Write 85 Mixed 78.7 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS723232L9SA60 320GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 122GB free Firmware: FC4OC30F Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 147 147 120259084290 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 37331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12320857 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 76707 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 214749347871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 70.6 Write 73.6 Mixed 72.7 55% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 45%
Hitachi HTS722016K9SA00 160GB-$31 340 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 114GB free Firmware: DCDOC54P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 144 144 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 929 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 14039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 533 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38928425 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 178845 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 214749282333 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	31.5% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 55.2 Mixed 52.4 41% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 31.6 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 118%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,111x
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	340x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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