Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 538 71% 534 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 67.1 70% 78 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 72.5 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 2248 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 106 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5068212135	99.2% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 398 Mixed 404 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 45.7 168% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 23 32% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 124%
MB1000GCWCV 1TB 839 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 880GB free Firmware: HPGD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 71100567 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62378303 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 233430603 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 64424509471 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 169 Mixed 164 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.52 157% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 104%
MB1000GCWCV 1TB 839 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 708GB free Firmware: HPGD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 15016544 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69942742 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 656153866 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 64424509470 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0	92.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 160 Mixed 158 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.43 135% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB-$48 7,720 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	574x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	160x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16