Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	70.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '16 at 01:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 552 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 100 100 378 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 51 (A3) Unknown 100 100 639 (94) Unknown 100 100 38126 (95) Unknown 100 100 557 (96) Unknown 100 100 403 (97) Unknown 100 100 545 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10658 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37529980108826 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 75327 (F2) Unknown 100 100 75049 (F5) Unknown 100 100 125897 (F6) Unknown 100 100 152504 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	70.5% Very good	Read 472 Write 247 Mixed 266 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 19.9 89% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 11.1 65% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 95%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 681GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 79 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9310 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 985 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 54 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 605 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 99 79 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 79 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 75 387317782 (C2) HDA temperature 76 75 403963928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 321950 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 54 (C5) Current pending sector count 72 72 1150 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38.4% Below average	Read 79.3 Write 54.5 Mixed 107 62% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.28 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 131GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190919006 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 141061207 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2687 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 639500318 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 23 190919006 (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 -132164733607950 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4196842839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2020179245	55.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 91.1 Mixed 98.8 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.7% Good	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 17.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 110%

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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 $160Bench 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 $46

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