Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 08:17
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 698 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 98% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 108 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A5) Unknown 100 100 327682 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 110 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 575 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 37 158915493925 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17 (EA) Unknown 100 100 31 (F1) Unknown 253 253 30 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84% Excellent	Read 482 Write 294 Mixed 318 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 22 116% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 46.8 99% 206 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 117%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 175GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,814 Write 1,362 Mixed 1,271 329% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 53.1 207% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 521 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 183 199% 339 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 254%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$44 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 113GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 11166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (A5) Unknown 100 100 115985154360 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 24 326417514544 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 446682169448 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2845 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5857 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3217 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3309 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 392 Mixed 332 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 5.3 93% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 0.05 71% 170 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9670 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 65 353632277 (C2) HDA temperature 78 63 370409494 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 358443 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.8% Average	Read 84.6 Write 85.3 Mixed 104 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.46 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 58%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 597GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 149 10591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (10) Unknown 5 195 92941547349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 233 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 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	86.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 143 Mixed 116 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.23 103% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 464GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 848 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 710 (C2) HDA temperature 108 83 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	88.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 153 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.28 135% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.5 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 29.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	597x
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 $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 $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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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