Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.9% 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	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	24.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 01:51
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 704 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 102% 131 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11005 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 158 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19071582992	110% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 416 Mixed 427 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 35.1 166% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 193 181% 283 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 135%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 201671874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 50448685869796 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 42 81607131169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 81607131169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 201671874 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 201671874 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 201671874 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 84 84 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 70401 (EA) Unknown 0 0 51923 (F1) Unknown 0 0 51923 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4413 (F4) Unknown 82 82 37028405	51.9% Above average	Read 368 Write 114 Mixed 141 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 8.41 92% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 81.6 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 25 39% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2301648 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 14258 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 622264352 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 246 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81604378656 (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 -134252087728014 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9258739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40194410	70.1% Very good	Read 82.5 Write 161 Mixed 135 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.79 217% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GB 1,118 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 117%

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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 $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 $134	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