Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '20 at 00:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 758 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% 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 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 139 Parallax 138 117% 140 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 106% 135 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS400 M.2 256GB-$144 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 382 384 386 386 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 389 Mixed 334 SusWrite 384 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 47.5 167% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 194 175% 263 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 102%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 80GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,481 Write 2,251 Mixed 1,655 473% 2129 MB/s	4K Read 67.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 90.9 306% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,585 DQ Write 1,227 DQ Mixed 1,360 1,030% 1,391 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 205 212 213 216 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 46 Mixed 77 SusWrite 210 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 206 216 220 219 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 159 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 215 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8266.M8FJ 4x8GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 18 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	602x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	577x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	263x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	111x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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	44x

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Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16