Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 18:29
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$130 342,244 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 (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 516 65% 494 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 166 Parallax 173 149% 174 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 116% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 343 244 242 246 241 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 446 Mixed 360 SusWrite 291 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.3 206% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$70 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 259GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 783 100 101 105 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,411 Write 1,518 Mixed 1,062 SusWrite 215 235% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 78.7 278% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 894 DQ Mixed 264 340% 598 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 255%
WD WD2500AAKS-00VYA 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 121GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.6% Average	Read 67.7 Write 72.8 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 73.3 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 157 158 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 134 Write 137 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 158 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 328GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 41 Write 39.5 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 42 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.5 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 110%

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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%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	575x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16