Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 19:24
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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-$130 342,244 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 (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 478 59% 453 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.2 87% 108 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25783894196 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 445 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 68 292059283496 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 219045167155 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1244 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1958 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1746 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1898 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.7% Very good	Read 495 Write 320 Mixed 250 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 13.4 79% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 26.8 82% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 103%
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 43GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2268 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 110 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18357 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10024 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45481 (F2) Unknown 100 100 160069 (F5) Unknown 100 100 73428	70.2% Very good	Read 518 Write 179 Mixed 267 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 21.3 121% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 21.3 30% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25789268252 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3681 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3708 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3708 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 163209609244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 155 Mixed 149 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB-$14 6,096 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 197GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 144 1516 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8150 (BF) G-sense error rate 66 66 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 193677 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 25 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4077 (F1) Unknown 200 200 16053835565 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10682568575 (FE) Unknown 196 196 4	48.8% Average	Read 89.7 Write 80.3 Mixed 92 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.7 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	574x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	160x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	110x
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 $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16