Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 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 93.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	87.9% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '16 at 18:01
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$359 198,716 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	SC Int 128 SC Float 134 SC Mixed 126 104% 129 Pts	QC Int 446 QC Float 473 QC Mixed 472 105% 464 Pts	MC Int 607 MC Float 692 MC Mixed 650 97% 650 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Black-$1,000 779 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 1066) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 178 Reflection 118 Parallax 251 63% 182 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 109 Splatting 54.3 41% 94.2 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$80 274,376 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 174GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 151 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 56 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 310160628	87.9% Excellent	Read 499 Write 396 Mixed 412 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 24.2 139% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 64.3 50% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 27,341 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 187 5650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2500 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 144 Mixed 138 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$170 13,161 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 24.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 96%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $110

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $231Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	1,084x
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	968x
Core i5-6500Intel $195Bench 73%, 56,646 samples	219x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	580x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	363x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $310Bench 72%, 250,718 samples	295x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	410x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	206x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 92,427 samples	59x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 62,017 samples	178x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $172Bench 73%, 21,403 samples	170x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $170Bench 74%, 14,344 samples	65x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,051

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12