Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	206% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 02:22
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 668 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 88.4 87% 102 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 97.2 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,886 Write 913 Mixed 1,111 287% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 32.6 189% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 537 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 189 206% 351 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 422GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 170 2050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 11 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 130 Mixed 134 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.35 135% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%
Kingston DT microDuo 3C 32GB 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 25GB free, PID 16ae Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 126 Write 10.2 Mixed 15.2 41% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 39% 3.38 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 25%
Kingston DT microDuo 3C 32GB 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2GB free, PID 16ae Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 125 Write 11.6 Mixed 15.6 42% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.61 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 34% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 120%

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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 $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	602x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	577x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	263x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	111x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $668

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16