Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	296% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 03:15
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 (94^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 420 60% 440 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 128 Parallax 110 99% 120 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 121 Splatting 99.7 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1455 1029 606 609 609 606 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,298 Write 2,094 Mixed 1,218 SusWrite 819 358% 1,607 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 85.3 289% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,554 DQ Write 1,352 DQ Mixed 1,433 1,080% 1,446 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 56GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 154 165 101 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 310 Write 253 Mixed 271 SusWrite 149 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.4 168% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 195 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 213GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 164 165 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 158 Mixed 124 SusWrite 165 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.6 327% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 388GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 189 189 191 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 180 Mixed 128 SusWrite 189 129% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.6 329% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 145 Write 120 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 132 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 76%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 126 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 133 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 85%

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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 $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