Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.7% 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	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '16 at 01:09
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 562 74% 554 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 38.6 28% 34.9 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 31 Splatting 34.9 29% 36.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9107 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 429 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15004807600	88.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 333 Mixed 346 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 24.5 123% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 83.5 117% 219 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 858GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789989152 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4038 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1099 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4301 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094511133 (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 200 200 0	67.8% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2400 2x8GB 1,214 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

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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	597x
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