Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.4% 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	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 23:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 528 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 87.3 80% 93 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 76.3 72% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU240G1122 240GB 2,683 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 102 211 272 219 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 404 Write 31.3 Mixed 180 SusWrite 176 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 0.1 9% 5.13 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 0.2 52% 123 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 66%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 216GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 397 405 402 402 401 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 416 Mixed 230 SusWrite 403 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 31.2 143% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 243 199% 280 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 116%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 131 144 152 152 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 173 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 147 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 118 126 127 127 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 80.2 Write 102 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 126 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 43% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 27.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 93%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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