Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '16 at 17:16
Run Duration	587 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 462 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gainward(10B0 1180) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61454832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 130081522 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 980 (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 61 56 656801831 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4445 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 64424509479 (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 113000589560770 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19411437760 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19931935580	103% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 197 Mixed 133 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.52 4K Mixed 1.02 251% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 928GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 52 6994 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4766 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4156 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4090 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 180389412899 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 16 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 12 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7020	67.4% Good	Read 105 Write 130 Mixed 118 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 95 91428263 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1787 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 32 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4460629420 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2748 (B8) Unknown 64 64 36 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 9162522658 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23711 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 -140737488355294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 43 91428263 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 174 329	57.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 97.5 Mixed 97 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1TB free, PID a0a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 36.9 Mixed 0.77 28% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 51% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.22% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 2.92 Mixed 5.13 10% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.66 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 15% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.22% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 22.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	598x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	571x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	159x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	261x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	108x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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