Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 12:22
Run Duration	504 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (98^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 469 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 295 975 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 062E) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.6 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 0.19 0% 0.69 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 0.96 1% 1.16 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1361 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 29 124554903574 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1936 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1030 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1704 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	99.5% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 457 Mixed 470 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.8 127% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 18.3 99% 227 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 114%
DP-CT050M4SSC2 64GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^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 2758 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3429 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3341501006350 (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 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	56% Above average	Read 514 Write 107 Mixed 178 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 5.93 95% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 4.73 19% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 65%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 231GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4113 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5489 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.6% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 92.6 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 105%
JMicron RAID-1 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 537GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 79 Write 72.3 Mixed 75.3 97% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.36 72% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 47%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	6.48% Terrible	Read 28.4 Write 4.5 Mixed 8.36 13% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.59 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.007 22% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.48% Great: 8%
Corsair Flash Voyager 4GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 6.46 Mixed 9.01 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.06 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 31% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.3 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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 $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 $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