Asus Z170-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-WS (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 23:51
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 708 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.9 87% 106 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 101 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 1TB-$380 709 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 726GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 4043 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1470 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114199 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 60 55 193274708008 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18031 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16544 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11276 (F4) Unknown 100 100 17 (F5) Unknown 100 100 87 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4671744	76.6% Very good	Read 517 Write 398 Mixed 414 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 10.3 103% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 10 22% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 99GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (64) Unknown 100 100 523136 (65) Unknown 100 100 232000 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 77 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2822 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 206160003104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 905 (EA) Unknown 100 100 843 (F1) Unknown 100 100 863 (F2) Unknown 100 100 127 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2	72.1% Very good	Read 492 Write 270 Mixed 273 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 11.5 90% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 30.9 76% 164 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 92%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$33 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 252 154 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (10) Unknown 0 200 5082427965 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 598 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.9% Average	Read 91.6 Write 60.8 Mixed 122 70% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3733 C17 2x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 117%

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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%

Battleship

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 $515	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