Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% 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	67.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 02:30
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 565 75% 564 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% 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 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 95.7 87% 107 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8599961721 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 445 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 68 292059283497 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 146029805602 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 962 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1322 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1220 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1083 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 500 Write 353 Mixed 335 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 12.4 84% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 11.8 17% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 103%
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 44GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^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 100 100 114 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2135 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 110 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17236 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9352 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42991 (F2) Unknown 100 100 149194 (F5) Unknown 100 100 68944	84.8% Excellent	Read 522 Write 179 Mixed 268 70% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.4 143% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 60.6 87% 164 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 21494497580 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3548 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3574 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 163209609247 (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 200 200 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 147 Mixed 157 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB-$14 6,096 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 197GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 144 1408 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8418 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8017 (BF) G-sense error rate 66 66 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192892 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4076 (F1) Unknown 200 200 16022183189 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10667362048 (FE) Unknown 196 196 4	49.3% Average	Read 91.1 Write 80.5 Mixed 93.9 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

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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	599x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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