Asus Z170-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	45.2% 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	213% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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-WS (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190524
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 543 75% 556 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1240 MHz, MLim: 2020 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 53 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 49.8 43% 52.3 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 54.4 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 638 634 623 621 606 591 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,906 Write 653 Mixed 702 SusWrite 619 213% 970 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 57.6 242% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 400 342% 525 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 214%
Intel SSDSCKKW180H6 180GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 22GB free Firmware: LSF042C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 437 Mixed 397 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.3 171% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 245 180% 239 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 88%
Marvell Raid VD 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 555GB free Firmware: MV.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 458 Write 192 Mixed 195 SusWrite 125 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 29.6 120% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 135 121% 183 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 74%
Intel SSDPE2MW400G4 400GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 373GB free Firmware: 01H0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 943 943 941 953 956 964 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,027 Write 964 Mixed 630 SusWrite 950 201% 893 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 244 4K Mixed 54.7 264% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,257 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 135 273% 579 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 230%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 38GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 40 12 18 19 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 137 Write 84.1 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 29.9 107% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.3 211% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 39%
Kingston DT microDuo 3C 64GB 739 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 52GB free, PID 16ae Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 19 18 21 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 105 Write 50.3 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 20.2 55% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.8 68% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 32.4 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 105%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-WS

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	71x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	21x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	6x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,279

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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