Asus Z170-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.7% 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	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-WS (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '19 at 20:38
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 734 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.95 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.9% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 63.9 62% 73.9 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 86 Splatting 91.9 73% 88.6 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 147 122 111 120 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 478 Write 419 Mixed 392 SusWrite 172 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 45.1 164% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 156 96% 102 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 236GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 427 436 439 437 442 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 452 Mixed 358 SusWrite 435 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 36.7 140% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 174 148% 209 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 453GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 429 437 440 439 443 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 453 Mixed 397 SusWrite 437 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 59 195% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 181 186% 302 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
OCZ AGILITY2 60GB 652 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 49GB free Firmware: 1.23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 74 73 65 64 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 174 Write 83.4 Mixed 103 SusWrite 71.3 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 27.4 111% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 74.5 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 47 44% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 51%
Seagate ST6000NM0084-1LZ17Z 6TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4.5TB free Firmware: SF02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 184 188 183 179 184 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.5% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 196 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 184 110% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 31.6 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170-WS Builds (Compare 108 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-WS

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	72x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	21x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	16x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	6x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,074

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16