Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	202% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 19:31
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 151 79% 127 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 685 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K1200 4,005 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 1140) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 14.7 14% 15.2 fps	MRender 20.7 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 14.5 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1100 1402 1194 924 714 675 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1812 Write 1,434 Mixed 849 SusWrite 1,002 284% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50.9 193% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 334 221% 251 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 283%
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 552 509 548 505 553 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 710 Write 526 Mixed 360 SusWrite 520 118% 529 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 28 131% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 156 149% 230 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 155 149 146 144 147 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 148 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 113%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 133 133 131 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 131 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 20.3 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 125%

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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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Typical GA-Z170XP-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,776 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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