Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	82.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 20:16
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 707 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PN CS1311 120GB SSD 21 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 78 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2162749 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 67 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13776	82.2% Excellent	Read 515 Write 328 Mixed 340 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 10.1 110% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 42.7 86% 176 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%
PN CS1311 120GB SSD 21 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 19GB free Firmware: CS13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 172 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589849 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1598	82.6% Excellent	Read 517 Write 338 Mixed 350 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 10.3 107% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 43.7 89% 182 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 137700086 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9658128 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -4299262254673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (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 67 61 555155489 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19574 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 64424509473 (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 34355443402049 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5755830588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7940803287	91.8% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 172 Mixed 126 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 96%
WD WD2000FYYZ-01UL1 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 650GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 161 6708 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (10) Unknown 2 198 122006833873 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15062 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 125 Mixed 133 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 4x8GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 101%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	574x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	161x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $494

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16