Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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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Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 00:24
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 497 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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: 387.92 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.7 83% 105 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 103 82% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25784680639 (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 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 68 292059283503 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 231930069046 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1267 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2076 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1839 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2090 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 497 Write 195 Mixed 239 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 10.2 75% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 11.6 39% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.3% 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 (29^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 100 100 129 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2300 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 110 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18631 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (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 100 100 110 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10470 (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 46121 (F2) Unknown 100 100 165705 (F5) Unknown 100 100 74524	71.3% Very good	Read 520 Write 178 Mixed 267 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 21.2 122% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 66.6 58% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 795GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 134 134 25788285211 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3741 (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 5882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3713 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3741 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3741 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 163209609247 (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	92.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 153 Mixed 152 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.3% 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 150 144 1466 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8182 (BF) G-sense error rate 66 66 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 193930 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (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 4078 (F1) Unknown 200 200 16071149653 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10690381900 (FE) Unknown 196 196 4	49.2% Average	Read 89.1 Write 82.2 Mixed 94.3 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.2% 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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