Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	50.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 23:11
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 629 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 113 Parallax 93.3 79% 101 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 94.6 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1001 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 70 61 167503986718	50.2% Above average	Read 495 Write 97.2 Mixed 159 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 7.02 82% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 45.3 DQ Mixed 9.29 14% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171463128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 345956055 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 4782882845 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11109 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80543521721224 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31155226009 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40637727290	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 187 Mixed 165 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 88.9 Write 5.3 Mixed 11.5 28% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.93 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 33% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 0420 DDR4 2400 2OZ 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 72%

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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 $45Bench 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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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