Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.9% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 11 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	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150909
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 23:22
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 697 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1516 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 112 95% 117 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 104 Splatting 94.8 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9832 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1259 (B1) Unknown 95 95 86 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36938292324	117% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.9 190% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 107 129% 231 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD WD2000FYYZ-01UL1 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 211GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 167 6483 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1443 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 37 (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	84.9% Excellent	Read 167 Write 129 Mixed 88.5 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.49 135% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%
WD WD30EZRZ-00WN9B0 3TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 25GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 7908 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21286 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 30 (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	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.26 110% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 83%
WD WD6400AAKS-75A7B 640GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4891 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7084 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11387 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 39 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 49 49 37377 (F1) Unknown 200 200 114827478418 (F2) Unknown 200 200 151522231574	32.3% Below average	Read 59 Write 53.1 Mixed 51.6 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 4x8GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 108%

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	606x
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	583x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	163x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	265x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	111x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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