Asus Z170-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-WS (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 09:54
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 285 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 756 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 73.6 65% 81.5 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 91.5 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 542GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,238 Write 1,171 Mixed 1,537 364% 1,649 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 51.8 246% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 574 DQ Mixed 239 275% 470 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 250%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 922 Mixed 1,280 311% 1,415 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 52 247% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 557 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 126 210% 407 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 230%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 122 Write 87.9 Mixed 73.9 114% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.11 39% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 81%

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

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Typical Z170-WS Builds (Compare 107 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $241Bench 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 $96Bench 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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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,279

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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