Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150917
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 07:07
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	50% Average	Memory 46.8 1-Core 27.9 2-Core 79.3 31% 51.3 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 399 43% 344 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 41.5 35% 42 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 33.5 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1105 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 511 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2162694 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 183 183 17195860084 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 991 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 69 69 137440919583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 64099587072 (EA) Unknown 100 100 114165014144 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16351338959 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26755702599	57.2% Above average	Read 493 Write 410 Mixed 456 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 7.87 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 4.2 29% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 91.3 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 43.8 45% 74.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 762GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 169 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1096 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 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	93.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 165 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.37 142% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x4GB 3,078 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 173 23% 173 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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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