Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 06:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 260 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 779 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 151 Parallax 125 112% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 355GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 181 184 181 183 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 144 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 182 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 19.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 18.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 80%

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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 $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	603x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	579x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	263x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	111x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x

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