Gigabyte GA-Z370XP SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.6% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z370XP SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370XP SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 04:03
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,013 99% 813 Pts	64-Core 1,292 80% 1,292 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1675 MHz, MLim: 2029 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 71.3 66% 77.2 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 62 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hfs250g3 2TND-N1A2A 250GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (64) Unknown 100 100 6715451 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 93 93 80 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (B2) Unknown 100 100 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 191 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6689 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 0 55837130778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 6 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7608 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6957 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6907 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2889281	90.6% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 334 Mixed 353 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 25.3 132% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 25.1 75% 169 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 696GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 167 2541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1556 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 24 (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	97.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 158 Mixed 151 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 109%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370XP SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	720x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	189x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	187x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	136x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	124x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	38x

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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