Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 16:44
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 251 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 687 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

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: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.3% Poor	Lighting 33.2 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 65.5 27% 45.7 fps	MRender 47.2 Gravity 33 Splatting 43.1 34% 41.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 592GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 244111680 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30647147 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (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 70 57 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1682 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 64424509470 (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 -80711025425441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6883557796 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58954598879	15.9% Very poor	Read 171 Write 137 Mixed 131 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 2% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 505GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 433 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 62 58 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9127683468	108% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 397 Mixed 409 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.1 182% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 113 102% 148 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
G-drive USB-C 1TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 301GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 111 Write 99.4 Mixed 85.1 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 125%

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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	599x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	572x
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 $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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16