Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.2% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 701 65% 544 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 131 113% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 153 151 147 144 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 284 Mixed 317 SusWrite 151 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 42.1 166% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 340 257% 346 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 105 107 111 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 106 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 868GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 109 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 37 SusWrite 108 120% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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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