Asus Z170-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.6% 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	284% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-WS (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161004
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 08:29
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 805 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 94% 114 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 495GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 154620067866 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 536158206 (F7) Unknown 100 100 16779345 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1026248 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3563 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 487 Write 340 Mixed 340 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 22.5 114% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 40.2 93% 196 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,330 Write 1,827 Mixed 1,617 427% 1,924 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 47.6 223% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 52.8 DQ Write 499 DQ Mixed 249 200% 267 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 353%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 100 6899568 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 21508 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 70 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 85899345946 (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 -44440026611668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8455524 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5451391	84.6% Excellent	Read 110 Write 184 Mixed 143 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.15 4K Mixed 0.86 224% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3112 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 29.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.6 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	21x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	6x

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Total price: $1,279

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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