Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 02:46
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 below expectations (15^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 440 52% 404 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 103 Parallax 100 80% 101 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 81.4 70% 86.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 120769727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -54425825565811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 52 90197721125 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 90197721125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 120769727 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 120769727 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 120769727 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19368 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11716 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11716 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6048 (F4) Unknown 95 95 10420383	46.6% Average	Read 369 Write 110 Mixed 115 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 9.32 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 8.42 77% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 7.27 24% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 144GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1775 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1674 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 37 (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	83.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 144 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 83%

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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%

Destroyer

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 $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