Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.6% 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	79.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 27 '16 at 00:59
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 732 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 22.4 Parallax 16.3 17% 20 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 17.8 Splatting 17.8 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2717 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 249 (A5) Unknown 100 100 94534238553 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 227634642980 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1374407622976 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2834 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6946 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4640 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4700 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 473 Write 314 Mixed 316 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 19.3 105% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 51.5 90% 180 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 79GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 84 70987208 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 371438929 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1728 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1987 (BC) Unknown 100 98 73015558199 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 639238182 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1080 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4747 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 7 70987208 (C5) Current pending sector count 95 1 472 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 95 1 472 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80345953184117 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1691342308 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3145949064	36.8% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 64.5 Mixed 64 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 74%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 45GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 10279 (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 87 87 5770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 9094 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 85902622720 (BC) Unknown 100 23 3801226 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 421855269 (BF) G-sense error rate 73 73 7154 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94497996955 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 213567 (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 99 99 329 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	31.6% Below average	Read 50.3 Write 59.8 Mixed 67.8 45% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.15 51% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 53%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 27GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 145 1450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2747 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1889 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87815 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 38 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 1911 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9105580281 (F2) Unknown 200 200 11717422454 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	59.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 99.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 79.1 50% 79.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 79%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16