Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 03:11
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 779 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 68.6 63% 72 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 60.7 56% 69.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 41GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4966 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 654 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 47 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11929701742	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 408 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 50 200% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 99.3 128% 232 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Plexto PX-128M5S 128GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 23GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 3388 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2682 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1046616 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1228 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 668399 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1000809	84.4% Excellent	Read 506 Write 212 Mixed 292 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 33.5 133% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 64.2 95% 180 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%
Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13636 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1905 (B1) Unknown 88 88 135 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 39 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 870 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48622265043	97.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 344 Mixed 356 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 27.3 147% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 59.7 106% 213 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 44GB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 129 129 25788612908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6168 (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 98 98 18502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2651 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6869 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6869 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 210454249511 (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	64.6% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GE3000C15K4 2x8GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.8 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	598x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	571x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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