Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.5% 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	108% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 06:29
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 494 69% 511 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1375) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 37.1 35% 40.2 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 33.7 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 400 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 73 (AE) Unknown 99 99 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 427 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 41 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 9400 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1656 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1839	108% Outstanding	Read 1,648 Write 107 Mixed 245 141% 667 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 17.6 116% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 56.5 DQ Mixed 80.5 52% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 188%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 64GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 63 0 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2333184 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 454098970 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 404 (C2) HDA temperature 26 9 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 1 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64703682315460 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3022235153 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1337201212	91.6% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 164 Mixed 144 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GKE800UD51208-2133AH 2x8GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 79%

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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%

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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	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 $177	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