Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 02:12
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 468 63% 472 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 67.8 67% 75.8 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 73.1 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 313 312 312 313 313 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 425 Mixed 392 SusWrite 326 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63 202% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 78 75 105 130 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 137 Write 137 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 99.9 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.7 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%

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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%

Destroyer

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 $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 $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) $30	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