Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	83.1% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 525 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 128 Parallax 107 92% 116 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 113 Splatting 94.3 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3176 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 192 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1835064 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 72 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27035	83.1% Excellent	Read 517 Write 348 Mixed 361 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 10.4 103% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 48.1 98% 201 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 97%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 94 (03) Spinup time 122 122 42983227902 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1482 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 844 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2882 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2882 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 214749085729 (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	62.4% Good	Read 104 Write 113 Mixed 89 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 487GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2396 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5532 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 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	70.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 110 Mixed 104 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 836GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 79.5 Mixed 59.3 92% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 108%

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Typical GA-Z170XP-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,776 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $300	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