Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	181% 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 04:16
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 846 75% 633 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 123 Parallax 107 96% 116 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 101GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,254 329% 1,490 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.3 206% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 116 90% 118 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9619 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3060 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 180 (AE) Unknown 99 99 61 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 836 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 41 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 46240 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10473 (F2) Unknown 99 99 9603	181% Outstanding	Read 1,870 Write 710 Mixed 978 260% 1,186 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 37.3 176% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 93 110% 190 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 220%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 492GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 181 170 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5054 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 33 (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 180 Write 160 Mixed 142 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%

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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	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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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