Asus Z170-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170-K  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160920
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 15 '18 at 15:17
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Memory 92.3
1-Core 143
2-Core 288
96% 174 Pts
4-Core 492
8-Core 783
78% 637 Pts
64-Core 792
49% 792 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.5% Very good
Lighting 95.6
Reflection 114
Parallax 109
78% 106 fps
MRender 98
Gravity 96.8
Splatting 97.1
80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89
819GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AG01119
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 17 22 22 22 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
25.3% Poor
Read 67.5
Write 32
Mixed 26.5
SusWrite 20.6
27% 36.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 25.3%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
44% Average
MC Read 14.9
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 12.8
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 14.9
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 44%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-K Builds (Compare 2,810 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $754
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