Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 08:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 78.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 712 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7990 (CrossFire Disabled) 1,161 User benchmarks, average bench 34% AMD(1002 0B2A) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6.2 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 56.7 36% 44 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 37.5 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 37%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 7 6% 7.74 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 15 8% 8.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4333 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2463 (B1) Unknown 97 97 58 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 613 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28650171206	113% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 399 Mixed 411 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 47.5 177% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 105 135% 245 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 39GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 73.6 Write 71 Mixed 52 82% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,400 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.7 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 57%

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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%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	574x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	161x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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