Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.1% 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 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '16 at 20:29
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 712 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 158 Parallax 134 116% 145 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 39GB free Firmware: MU02 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 100 100 921 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274576928 (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 6 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2047322029 (F7) Unknown 100 100 64008807 (F8) Unknown 100 100 33294233	102% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 328 Mixed 396 92% 417 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 34.6 168% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 47.5 89% 174 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 97%
Sandis S128G 126GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4409 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1045 (A5) Unknown 100 100 269334 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 68 (AE) Unknown 100 100 340 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 33 219043987489 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 226 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 418 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10697330724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8371436138	48.1% Average	Read 459 Write 290 Mixed 285 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 9.91 4K Mixed 5.98 38% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 7.22 10% 19.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%
Hitach HUA723020ALA641 2TB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 577GB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 129 129 34390475247 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1072 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1967 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1967 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864445987 (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 115 Write 110 Mixed 86.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%
Hitach HDS721010CLA332 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 318GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 93 655384 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 107 (03) Spinup time 121 121 21495480633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4273 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6671 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749216802 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.6% Above average	Read 85.4 Write 94.5 Mixed 81.6 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 110%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16