Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 02:25
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 403 57% 418 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 59.8 52% 63.9 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 61 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 933GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 64 154620133403 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 657030236 (F7) Unknown 100 100 20545192 (F8) Unknown 100 100 939713 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4454 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.3% Excellent	Read 473 Write 340 Mixed 340 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 26.1 106% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 55.9 101% 202 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 6559 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 72 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15823148319	86.9% Excellent	Read 505 Write 398 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 24.4 134% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 24.9 31% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FAD 2x8GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $160Bench 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 $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