Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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.
Boot Drive	128% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 01:01
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 693 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 149 Parallax 149 126% 151 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 350 327 377 314 360 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 955 Write 499 Mixed 398 SusWrite 354 122% 551 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31 148% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 485 378% 522 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 155%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 408GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 429 418 443 437 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 221 Mixed 263 SusWrite 432 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.1 192% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 247 217% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 126%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 966GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 143 145 144 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 111 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 142 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 133 130 123 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 116 Write 141 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 126 71% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 133 133 126 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 92 Write 86.3 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 130 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.6 296% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 225GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 68 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 54.3 Mixed 56 SusWrite 66.9 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 57%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 196 199 200 197 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 200 Mixed 106 SusWrite 198 130% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 351% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 106%

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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