Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:12
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 122 2-Core 213 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 664 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 9.8 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 5.53 8% 8 fps	Gravity 28.8 Splatting 32 27% 30.4 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,421 Write 294 Mixed 433 154% 716 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 18.9 118% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 44.4 101% 213 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 144%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 99GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 231 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2408 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2284 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 36 (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 2	71.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 114 Mixed 120 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.31 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS722580VLSA80 82GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5GB free Firmware: V32OA6MA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 199 199 4301652067 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 53828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1192 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3373 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 214749085731 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	18.9% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 32.2 Mixed 33.2 25% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 104%

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Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 94%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI - $88

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	390x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	273x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GBXPGBench 246%, 21,659 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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