Asus Z170-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-WS (all builds)
Memory	56.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150923
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '16 at 08:52
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 580 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4200-$820 7,330 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1096) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7563 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 27 Parallax 34 21% 28.9 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 30.2 Splatting 27.1 26% 32 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 340GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 910 Mixed 931 209% 936 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 33.8 149% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 24.2 87% 177 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 332%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2872 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 929 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4750	73.3% Very good	Read 504 Write 332 Mixed 338 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 9.71 97% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 9.69 41% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 101%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 231 149 7441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (10) Unknown 3 197 53046694849 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 239 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 34 (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	73.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 131 Mixed 139 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 98%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 40 40 15000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 43816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1522 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 624 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 315694 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 39	76.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 123 Mixed 111 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.41 117% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 83%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 64GB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 56GB free, PID 0803 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 96.9 Write 99.9 Mixed 66.8 111% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.29 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.61 61% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 135%

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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 $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 $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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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 $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