Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	83.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 21:22
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 520 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 94% 114 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14974154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 18657337935530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 83 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 31 68721508379 (C2) HDA temperature 27 31 68721508379 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14974154 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14974154 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14974154 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 103079215105 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3640 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1848 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1848 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1892 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1310728	83.6% Excellent	Read 516 Write 243 Mixed 312 78% 357 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 23.1 130% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 49.8 86% 166 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 759GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56022440 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8417970 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 470876188 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9403 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (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 104844446663090 (F1) Unknown 100 253 686811642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6812313777	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 179 Mixed 164 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.38 110% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 61GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 133 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 687 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 30 (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	53% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 87.5 Mixed 82.8 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.44 121% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 76%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 293GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 26.6 Mixed 9.17 27% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.08 9% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 29.7 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 101%

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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 $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