Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 12:02
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 655 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 66.2 54% 68 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 56 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3240G 240GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 620 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441836 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3890 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3509 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1950 (F4) Unknown 100 100 22 (F5) Unknown 100 100 44 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1666528 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1015	68.8% Good	Read 481 Write 324 Mixed 393 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 7.98 87% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 8.42 40% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 81%
Seagate ST1000LM002-9VQ14L 1TB 295 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 658GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 129 99 1940669416 (03) Spinup time 96 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7913067 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1006 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 211 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1344 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 129 99 1940669416 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -120289149055938 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3965473637 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2295316003	44.9% Average	Read 79.5 Write 77.2 Mixed 78 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.11 45% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 48%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 205GB free Firmware: PC3OC72E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 83 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 148 100 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5375 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 393247 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 10991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4856 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 -64548 (BC) Unknown 100 79 66821 (BE) vendor-specific 75 41 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 413 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11534512 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 400115 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	50% Average	Read 82.8 Write 91.5 Mixed 97 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.35 74% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 57%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 149GB free Firmware: 3.BHD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 18 18 84131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 17185120109 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3634 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 44 159368413211 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1621 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 228109 (C2) HDA temperature 27 56 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 62 115525885 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.6% Poor	Read 42 Write 43.5 Mixed 41.2 32% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

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Gaming 62%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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