Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 01:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^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% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 648 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3697) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 79 Parallax 75.6 65% 78.2 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 63.2 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 593 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32109 (A5) Unknown 100 100 85 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 44974 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 257662 (F2) Unknown 100 100 332658 (F5) Unknown 100 100 513744	78% Very good	Read 523 Write 426 Mixed 459 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 21 95% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 21 26% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91888064 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8997497 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (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 72 68 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18643 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 42949672988 (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 -105450037049664 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6034575626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 238907129159	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 169 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Slim BK 500GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 285GB free, PID a014 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 82.9 Mixed 65.5 98% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.2 37% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.9% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 95%

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	599x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	572x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $179	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