Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.4% 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	159% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 09:27
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 277 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 471 69% 505 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 3667) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 20.6 19% 20.4 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 17 18% 22 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,828 Write 480 Mixed 662 214% 990 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 27.1 179% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 50.9 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 117 83% 102 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 213%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 0GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 100 56 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1488 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 62 (A9) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 188978561057 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8509 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1092 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1240	85% Excellent	Read 474 Write 398 Mixed 454 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 4.83 113% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 27.4 82% 172 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 86%
WD WD1600AVJS-63SWA0 160GB 1,301 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 48GB free Firmware: 58.01D58 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 189 177 41528 (03) Spinup time 149 147 3550 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1656 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1557 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1656 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 144 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 144 144 1464 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 18972	31.4% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 54.2 Mixed 56.7 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

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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	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