Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 17:03
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 706 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6798) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 192 Parallax 195 144% 188 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 764 Write 1,033 Mixed 615 180% 804 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.2 194% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 736 DQ Mixed 590 466% 641 MB/s
Poor: 83% Great: 185%
WD Red Pro 3TB (2014)-$170 548 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 161 Write 150 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 151 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 101%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 143 144 148 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 143 Mixed 52 SusWrite 144 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 256% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 879 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 13GB free, PID 0021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 6.1 7.2 7.2 5.1 7.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 4.3 Mixed 6 SusWrite 6.3 11% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6CJR8N-UH 2x8GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 21.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	597x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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