According to ASUS company , the model P8C WS is mainly designed for use in workstation, but can also serve as a high-performance server or desktop PC. The motherboard is based on chipset Intel C216. It supports Intel Xeon processor series E3-1200/12x5 v2, as well as the processor Intel Core i3 second and third generation. Near the CPU socket are four slots DIMM. It support DDR3 memory with and without ECC.
The motherboard includes four ports USB 3.0, two are displayed on the rear edge . There are two ports Gigabit Ethernet.
Expansion capabilities are provided with two slots PCI Express 3.0 x16 (both when busy, work in the mode x8), two slots PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical - x4), single-slot PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot and one PCI.
There are two SATA 6 Gb / s and four SATA 3 Gb / s. The disk system include an array in RAID 0, 1, 5, 10. It support the technology Intel Smart Response, Intel Rapid Start, and Intel Smart Connect. Other elements include equipment ports IEEE 1394a and discrete controller VIA 6308S, as well as 10 USB 2.0 ports and an eight-channel audio codec Realtek ALC892.