Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 05:21
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 662 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4678 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Lighting 2.87 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 6.5 2% 6.16 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.03 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTS800 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7062 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4312 (B1) Unknown 93 93 134 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 26 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1097 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57146877526	126% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 501 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 57.4 197% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 133 153% 264 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 138%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128046162 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 47 309255838194 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -68371584383097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 728 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1389 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 93 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 93 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105566001167175 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4958276060 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4939499837	43.6% Average	Read 61.8 Write 88.8 Mixed 56.8 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 4.69 4K Mixed 0.41 147% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GTZR 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZR 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16